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Another Day by David Levithan Published by Random House Children's Books on August 25th 2015
Pages: 336
Goodreads
The eagerly anticipated companion to David Levithan’s New York Times bestseller Every Day
In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) tells Rhiannon’s side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you.
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.
My Thoughts:
Apparently I failed at reviewing Every Day by David Levithan. I loved it, so I’ll be incorporating my thoughts about that one in with Another Day. They’re companion stories… the same events/time period from two different perspectives. I’m always a bit leery of these. Often they just feel so similar and I end up skimming large chunks. That was not the case with Another Day. I was so impressed with it. Yes, I knew what events would be coming up but David Levithan does such an incredible job giving Rhiannon a distinct voice. This isn’t just A’s story through Rhiannon’s eyes. It is 100% her story. You could totally read it without having read Every Day (but do yourself a favor and read them both!)
Every Day is A’s story. A is a teen who wakes up in the body of someone else every day. A has never had a body of his/her own. This means A is neither male nor female… or perhaps male and female… or, more likely, A’s gender doesn’t matter at all. A is unlike any other teen character I’ve ever read. At the same time, A is every teen character I’ve ever read. A’s story deals with figuring out who you are and your place in the world and how you relate to other people. This is universal.
In Every Day, A meets Rhiannon and falls for her. Throughout the rest of the book A is trying to find a way to be with Rhiannon. I was excited for Another Day because I didn’t really feel like I got to know Rhiannon in the first book. Getting the story from her perspective helped me to understand her (and maybe even like her!) a bit more. It was so interesting to see the story from another point of view. I do wish that we would have gotten more about what happens after these books leave off (both in about the same place!) but perhaps there will be another story? Regardless, Every Day and Another Day are excellent thought provoking reads.
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