SYNOPSIS: 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. Rating: 3/5
To be honest with you, this book disappointed me. Don't get me wrong, I still liked it, but I was just expecting more from David Levithan as he is one of my favourite authors. I enjoyed reading this book, but I felt like it was a bit dull at times. The story itself was good, the execution could've been better. I liked how A didn't conform to a gender, as it would've been easy for the author to just make him a guy who jumps from body to body. I appreciate that David Levithan didn't take the easy way out here. Rhiannon's character is very well-written. Although her actions objectively are pretty bad, the insight into her head had me convinced that she was a good person and that her actions were totally justifiable. Then, again, I couldn't stand Justin so anything to piss him off is a good thing for me. I think reading Every Day, the book I should've read before this one (oops), may help me understand him better. After all, I wouldn't like Rhiannon's actions without context either, so maybe I can learn to appreciate Justin's actions as well if given context. Despite the fact that it is very clearly fictional, this story still made me seriously think about things multiple times. David Levithan manages to sneakily make you consider real problems by giving you fictional situations. The background characters are likable. A bit stereotypical and mostly there to further Rhiannon's story, but still likable. That is how I feel about this whole book too: it is likable. Not great, but likable. If someone wanted to read about gender, I would recommend this book to them because it is a refreshing look on how gender works and how it can be fluid. For the rest, it's a pretty decent read but this wouldn't be the first book I'd recommend to someone when asked for book recommendations. Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/18459855-another-day?ac=1&from_search=true Amazon: www.amazon.com/Another-Day-David-Levithan/dp/0385756208
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