Review- Someday by David Levithan

  BOOK SUMMARY:

Every day a new body. Every day a new life. Every day a new choice.

For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person's body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn't anyone else who had a life like this.

But A was wrong. There are others.

A has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to -- and what it's like to discover that you are not alone in the world.

In Someday, David Levithan takes readers further into the lives of A, Rhiannon, Nathan, and the person they may think they know as Reverend Poole, exploring more deeply the questions at the core of Every Day and Another Day: What is a soul? And what makes us human?

Release date: October 2nd 2018

Published by: Electric Monkey

Page numbers: 400

REVIEW: 

When I bought Someday, I had no plans of reviewing it because the marvellous gem that is David Levithan is someone whose words I read for pleasure. When I read the book though, and I confirmed that I have, in fact, reviewed the previous books in the series, Six Days Earlier, Everyday and Another Day, something made me want to sit down and pen my thoughts about Someday as well. If you aren’t aware of these books at all, it’s a shame (no, I’m just kidding), but to summarise: the story takes us into the mind of A who takes a different body everyday, and whose life the reader doesn’t just follow, but becomes a part of.

Someday was just as unique and magical as Everyday, which didn’t come as a surprise to me. I did realise how much I missed reading about the unique character that is A and finding out more about how life works for someone who has no body. This book was an eye-opener in the sense that it portrayed the balance between right and wrong in a manner that was so meticulous and simple. With a ton of contemporary references, this book ends up telling the reader more than just that though. While the first book, Everyday, made me admire, appreciate and love A, Someday just proved how all of that still stands true.

Another book. Another masterpiece. David Levithan never ceases to astound me with his impressive writing and breathtaking storytelling. Reading Someday was like going to a place I didn’t even know I could call home. It was like drinking a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter evening or a tall glass of perfect temperature water on a hot summer day... stuff you don’t even know you need, but when you do consume it, it ends up consuming you and that I feel is incredible.

Review- Another Day by David Levithan

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 BOOK SUMMARY:

Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted her life, convinced herself that she deserves her distant, temperamental boyfriend, Justin, even established guidelines by which to live: Don’t be too needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up.

Until the morning everything changes. Justin seems to see her, to want to be with her for the first time, and they share a perfect day—a perfect day Justin doesn’t remember the next morning. Confused, depressed, and desperate for another day as great as that one, Rhiannon starts questioning everything. Then, one day, a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person…wasn’t Justin at all.

In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan tells Rhiannon’s side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you. 

Release date: August 25th 2015

Published by: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page numbers: 327

REVIEW: 

I started 2016 by reading Every Day, so it only seemed fitting that I end the year with Another Day. While Every Day is still my favourite because it was such a unique, interesting and really mesmerising read, Another Day wasn't bad at all. What I liked most about the latter was that, in spite of it being the exact same story, although from another point of view, it was never even slightly boring.

Another Day is basically Every Day from the female lead Rhiannon's point of view. Now I really liked Rhiannon when I read about her from A's point of view, but in her own book, she really got on my nerves more than once simply because even when she knew she deserved better, she kept herself stagnant. In spite of people banging on her door and generously offering help, she just kept going the same old same old way. Now I'm not saying that at 16, she should have everything figured out, but all I'm saying is, she is smart and if only she used her brain...

When it comes to A however, I don't suppose it's ever possible to dislike A. A is such a unique character and that makes me fall in love with A more and more each time. While Rhiannon wasn't exactly my favourite person, the person she was with A was so accepting, kind, warm and welcoming which I really admired and rooted for. It was really interesting to read about A from another, innocent and vulnerable point of view.

Overall, I'm super glad I read this book because it took me back to Every Day, which like I must have said a dozen times already, was superb. Another Day, in terms of the writing and storytelling (where David Levithan never goes wrong) was just as nice, but I just had some problems with the main character, which I feel is okay, because I'm not supposed to like everyone and everything anyway. But definitely pick up this series, because it's mind-blowing, and I'm dying to know what happens next.

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