I read David Levithan’s Every Day on a family vacation in 2014; Every Day is told from the body jumping teen A’s perspective and the sequel (ish), Another Day, shows the same events through Rhiannon’s eyes.
“One last song. One last turn. One last street. no matter how hard you try to keep hold of a day, it’s going to leave you”
Rhiannon goes to school one day and her typically distant boyfriend, Justin, is much warmer, happier and he uncharacteristically takes her on a beach adventure during the school day. Unfortunately, he is back to his sullen and distant ways the next day. She meets a few new people throughout the week and after a party one of them reaches out to her through email. He claims to be a bodyless teen who inhabited her boyfriend and has fallen in love with her. After offering few proof providing facts that only someone who was Justin, a girl who claimed to be a new student at Rhiannon’s school and the boy at a high school party she begins to believe the seemingly impossible idea.
While I liked Every Day, my least favorite part was how unremarkable Rhiannon was considering she was put on a pedestal as the woman A was willing to risk everything for to be with. Seeing things from her perspective does not alter my opinion. I wish Levithan had chosen to write about another body jumper and their experiences instead of wasting more time with Rhiannon.
I’m reading this right now. I loved Every Day but this one is…idk. I’m having trouble getting excited about it.
Yeah, I was hoping to come away liking Rhiannon (or at least understand her appeal) but she she just became even less interesting