Review: Every Day

Every Day by David Levithan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Of all the ways stories are told, it would be safe to say that Every Day is one of the ones I liked the most. There are many who have attempted, but they haven't come close to how A struggled to distinguish and maintain his identity. In a life, wherein he has to borrow other lives everyday, such task definitely becomes difficult to say the least - not to mention crazy.

Apparently, though, it was also fruitless (which I love to hate and hate to love). The ending definitely unhinged me. It felt rushed, even though I know that on A's part, such drastic actions would only have been normal and necessary, as he's already established that he already learned how to distance himself earlier on.

However, it's not really a question of whether he can or cannot; of whether he should or should not. For me, it became a question of whether he's going to survive it in tact or not.

It's obvious that the only thing that was consistent in the different lives he lived was Rhiannon. It showed in the way almost every day started with the acknowledgement of the distance between them. And it showed in almost everything else. I could not help but get frustrated, because the way he released her meant he was releasing himself, too.

Day 6012:

I run. I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body’s thoughts, no goals but the body’s goals. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line.

Day 6034 (ending):

For the first time in my life, I run

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