Immediately I have to figure out who I am.
Every morning, A wakes up in someone's body. He only gets to stay in that body for one day, to live that life for one single day. He is never the same person twice, but every person he's ever inhabited is the same age as it. He also doesn't thinking of himself as male or female (my interpretation for writing this review). On day 5994, A inhabits the body of Justin, a 17-year old jerk. A meets Justin's girlfriend and everything changes.
I have spent years meeting people without ever knowing them, and on this morning, in this place, with this girl, I feel the faintest pull of wanting to know. And in a moment of either weakness or bravery on my own part, I decide to follow it. I decide to find out more.
They go to the ocean for the afternoon.
I want to give her a good day. Just one good day. I have wandered for so long without any sense of purpose, and now this ephemeral purpose has been given to me - it feels like it has been given to me. I only have a day to give - so why can't it be a good one? Why can't it be a shared one? Why can't I take the music of the moment and see how long it can last? The rules are erasable. I can take this. I can give this.
How does someone make a meaningful life living one day in other people's lives? Every Day is a gorgeous read. The resolution is perfect and I would be so disappointed if David Levithan every made a sequel or a companion novel.
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars
*sexual references, drugs, religion, mild language, gay relationships, sexual identity
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