Series: Every Day
Author: David Levithan
Rating: 3/5
Genre: fantasy, romance
Recommend To: fans of the Fault in Our Stars
I heard amazing things about this book. All heartfelt and emotional. But honestly, I was a little disappointed. There were major things that were absolutely wonderful, but a lot of the book was very flat and I wasn't able to become totally invested in the story.
A is a "soul" that wakes up in someone else's body every day. He has never been able to form family bonds, permanent friendships and find love. He simply floats through other lives attempting not to damage their lives as he lives them for one day. Until he wakes up in a body and falls in love with Rhiannon. It sounds very beautiful, full of impossible odds and love, but for me the romance fell through very flat. I liked A a lot, but I never connected with Rhiannon. She was whiny for me, took too long to understand and then there was Justin, her dumb boyfriend. Quite honestly, she was nice, but I couldn't see what A saw in her. A was wonderful and kind, he was understanding and tried to help the people he became for a day. He was pertty interesting. But then there was also the whole Nathan/Reverend Poole storyline, and that was almost pointless and confusing. I though A would learn more about what he was, but it never happened which was unsatisfactory.
So although the plot and the romance wasn't really my style, the stories of the different people A inhabited were fascinating and inspirational. A gay couple, a depressed girl, a drug addict, these were all the different people we encounter. We see their struggle and understand their problems through A. It was really motivating and eye-opening. Waking up in different person's body, disoriented and having to understand their life...it was definitely the most interesting part of the book.
The ending was lamentable, it was too easy and boring, but still sad and tragic. I didn't feel heartbroken because I never really liked Rhiannon, but I thought it was sort of pointless and disheartening. Why go through all this trouble and just end like that? But overall, the messages the book teaches make it worthwhile and it is a very impassioned story.
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