i came across every day on that search for a christmas gift for my cousin. the premise sounded amazing and i loved david leviathan's other works but decided to go with something more recent. however, when i saw it listed on times' 100 best young adult books, i decided to check it out myself.
every day was the story of a, a soul/spirit/possible devil or demon (we never find out for sure) that wakes up in the body of a different person each day and leaves at midnight while asleep (to avoid the pain of being pulled from the body.). a did not have a gender or sex nor any understanding of what a was or why or how a is placed in bodies. a had rules to avoid disrupting the lives of the people he inhabits but that all changed when a met a girl, rhiannon.
i will say i was shocked by how quickly the book got started. i assumed that we would see a in a series of bodies before a fell in love but the action started quickly.
i don't want to giveaway any details of this book because i want people to read it. plus my rehashing of the story wouldn't do it justice.
and though i did get a bored with the actual love story and didn't support a's decisions to disrupt the person's day so a could see rhiannon especially the kid that missed his flight to hawaii! i have to praise this book for it's lessons on acceptance and tolerance. a assumed bodies of every race, class, gender (including trans), sexual orientation, even mental illness and it was amazing because by doing so it demonstrated that underneath all of our identities we are human. i think this alone is the reason to read the book and is a great lesson for young adults. i also admired that the couple that demonstrated to a what love truly is and how beautiful it can be was a lesbian couple.
if you haven't read this book, you need to an interesting story with great lessons about the human experience and a love story to boot!!
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