Every Day (Every Day, #1) in Never Too Old For Y.A. & N.A. Books

May 02, 2022 Sheila rated it it was amazing

Shelves: coming-of-age, romance, young-adult, young-adult-fiction

When I read the blurb of this book, I couldn’t imagine how it would work. So of course, I had to buy it and see. And for me, the answer is it works brilliantly. A boy who wakes up in a different body each day, desperate to have a relationship with someone… anyone… and finding there’s someone special who he’s eager to meet again: The practical problems—will he even live close enough to meet next time he wakes—pale next to the human ones—will the body he inhabits next even be willing to meet? And ...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Nance rated it liked it

Shelves: nance, books-read-2013, romance, young-adult, fantasy, science-fiction

Okay, so I just finished reading this novel, and I am totally disappointed. That’s it? That’s the end of this book that I was so engrossed in? How can it end that way? Maybe I’m missing something. I just don’t understand it. So, that’s my reasoning for only 3 stars. I just thought that something more would be resolved, and I was expecting maybe a more surprising twist at the end. So, my review is more based upon the essence of the novel. More of an unexpected resolution from the author would hav Okay, so I just finished reading this novel, and I am totally disappointed. That’s it? That’s the end of this book that I was so engrossed in? How can it end that way? Maybe I’m missing something. I just don’t understand it. So, that’s my reasoning for only 3 stars. I just thought that something more would be resolved, and I was expecting maybe a more surprising twist at the end. So, my review is more based upon the essence of the novel. More of an unexpected resolution from the author would have been nice. But, it is what it is...

A (that’s the individual’s name) wakes up in a different body “every day”. The body, whether boy or girl, is always around 16 years of age. Each person faces a different dilemma “every day”. Whether it be emotional or physical troubles, it just doesn’t matter. The days are measured in only 24 hours before A moves onto the next body and faces another tribulation. A finally is introduced to the love of his/her life when he/she is embedded into Justin’s body and meets his girlfriend, Rhiannon. She is what A has always been looking for, and decides that no matter who A is and where he/she is, he/she just has to see her and speak to her. Finally, A lets her in on his/she secret, and they privately meet randomly throughout his/she bodily invasions. Finally, as the end of the book draws near, Rhiannon questions whether or not she can keep going on like this – seeing A oftentimes confined in someone else’s unappealing body, not knowing whether or not she can accept this bizarre and surprising presence day by day.

A tries to convince her that everything will be okay, “With relationships, you have to shape the pieces on each end before they go perfectly together.” (pg 212) – Vic (a biological female that is living as a male) is speaking to Rhiannon about getting through the beginning of their relationship – the hard part is at the beginning.

As A’s life trudges on, when one of his final days with Rhiannon is portrayed while being confined within young teenager Marc’s body after he has just lost grandfather and is attending his funeral, he realizes that he will never have a family grieve for him, never have people care for him, and if he dies, nobody but Rhiannon will know that he ever had existed. He’s jealous of anyone who makes people care so much. So, it’s pretty much devastating that he will not have anyone around to remember him or care about him as an individual should except for only one person.

Some of the stories were really sad, and sound like situations that teenagers face “every day” – from the overweight teenager bullied at school, to the young men and women deciding what their sexual orientation may be, to the peer pressure that comes with drugs and alcohol, and last but not least, just loving one’s self and being proud of who one is. It was a very emotional read when faced with all these different life-changing crises – one that a parent faces all the time when counceling their teenage children that require such love and support.

Like I said, the only thing that I was disappointed in was the ending, but the heart of the novel was very realistic in a strange and remarkable way. The author showed accurate realistic scenarios that teenagers face each and “every day”, which is something that I can attribute to after raising four teenagers myself. It’s not very easy for teenagers nowadays when there are so many temptations out there calling out to them to take advantage of. Optimistically speaking, most are smart and think twice about the consequences from their actions. But there are others that no matter what type of support and guidance their parents have provided to them, they just don’t make smart and responsible choices which lead to the difference between unexpected life changes that don’t keep with their already decided long-term future endeavors – a choice that threatens to have disastrous results.

I didn’t really totally not like this book, and the concept was somewhat interesting. I was, however, just disappointed with the final outcome. I would, though, take a stab at reading another David Levithan book if given the opportunity.
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