Imagine if you woke up every morning in a different body. You would wake up with a kind of knowing–your name, your age, whether you’re a boy or girl–and all the other little details reveal themselves throughout the day. Until you wake up the next day. This is what A–the main character in David Levithan’s Every day faces each morning.
I’m just a few chapters into the book, but so far so wonderful. Passing from body to body for 5, 994 days at the start of the book, A awakes in the body of a boy named Justin. During the course of the day, A falls in love with Justin’s girlfriend. The smart thing to do would be to let all memories of the girl slowly fade away as A has done in times past. But A won’t let her go and instead takes any opportunity to see or speak to Rhiannon no matter the body or life.
Interesting, right? And so very well written! The book is just so bursting with good lines, I’m going to have to start writing them down. Here’s one that caught my eye:
What is it about the moment you fall in love? How can such a small measure of time contain such enormity? I suddenly realize why people believe in deja veu, why people believe they’ve lived past lives, because there is no way the years I’ve spent on this earth could possibly encapsulate what I’m feeling.
And I could go on and on, but then I might as well just write out the whole book and well, that would just be illegal. So far this book appears to be the perfect title for all you romantics out there. But, as I said, I’m just a few chapters in. There could still be heartbreak and sadness ahead but hey, I’m also an optimist.
