For me personally, this would be one to wait on introducing or to read together and discuss some of the ideas and what they mean in the context of faith. To be honest, I felt like while the story posed some interesting questions, the content and ideas might be confusing for younger teen readers. On the whole, Every Day is a truly unusual book that did make me think about relationships and the things in life we so easily take for granted, like actually being able to have relationships and even possessions from one day to the next. I just felt like he again took the choice away from other people Even though it was well-meaning, it still felt selfish to me. I don’t want to spoil the ending, so I don’t want to say more.
As the story resolves, A tries to be the bigger person and do what he sees as right, but even in that, I felt like he was a bit controlling. But as the story progresses and his obsession with Rhiannon grows, he takes bigger and bigger risks and soon pretty much hijacks the life he’s occupying in order to spend the time with her, regardless of the consequences to the other person. At the beginning, he tries to be really respectful of the person’s life into which he’s trespassing. I liked him a lot more at the beginning of the story than the end. She struggles to understand life around her and embrace the relationships in her life. I liked that she’s obviously a good person even though she’s sort of blind to her boyfriend’s flaws and therefore flawed herself.
I think my favorite character by far was Rhiannon. On that topic, I felt like the story sometimes got a bit preachy. And of course, Every Day takes a lot more time for exploration of what this kind of existence would mean in terms of understanding gender and sexual orientation. It reminds me a tiny bit of the show Quantum Leap, except that we don’t ever learn why A travels from body to body. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with-day in, day out, day after day.Ĭonceptually, this is probably one of the most intriguing books I’ve read this year. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. Published on AugAmazon | Barnes & Noble | GoodreadsĮvery day a different body.
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