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Every Day
by David Levithan
Age: High School
Fantasy: Magical Realism
First lines: "I wake up. Immediately I have to figure out who I am."
The premise for this book is so unique and well executed that I was intrigued until the very end. This is a great book to recommend to teens that like fast moving reads. As every day passes in this book, A inhabits a new body and has been living like this his whole life, until one day he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. This can prove complicated when A switches bodies the next day, but holds onto his interest in Rhiannon. Because of the fantastical elements, the romance felt fresh and brought to light some interesting questions regarding attraction and love. If the body of your significant other were to change every day--changing ethnicity, sex, physical appearance--would you still love them? How do you fall in love with them?
As a speculative fiction reader, the rules that Leviathan applied were believable and I went along with the restrictions that kept the plot grounded. That being said, I would not recommend this to a realistic fiction devotee, even though there are definite elements of realistic fiction.
Fantasy: Magical Realism
First lines: "I wake up. Immediately I have to figure out who I am."
The premise for this book is so unique and well executed that I was intrigued until the very end. This is a great book to recommend to teens that like fast moving reads. As every day passes in this book, A inhabits a new body and has been living like this his whole life, until one day he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. This can prove complicated when A switches bodies the next day, but holds onto his interest in Rhiannon. Because of the fantastical elements, the romance felt fresh and brought to light some interesting questions regarding attraction and love. If the body of your significant other were to change every day--changing ethnicity, sex, physical appearance--would you still love them? How do you fall in love with them?
As a speculative fiction reader, the rules that Leviathan applied were believable and I went along with the restrictions that kept the plot grounded. That being said, I would not recommend this to a realistic fiction devotee, even though there are definite elements of realistic fiction.