Every Day

Every Day by David Levithan                 Audio Book:  8 hrs. 30 min        Paperback Book: 352 pages                    Genre:  Young Adult Fiction    Sci-Fi    Possession in a Nice 24 hour kind of way

Good book.   I enjoyed the story and the concept.    It left me with lots of questions, but, I smell a sequel or maybe more here so perhaps the unanswered questions will get answered along the way.   I also have the DVD on request, so,  possibly the film will elucidate more or other details.    The concept of the story is a spirit, soul or being maybe entity would be fairer to describe that which inhabits a different body each day.    The being calls itself “A” since it does not recall any parents though it does remember being a baby and growing up to the 16 years of existing that it is in throughout this book.   Each day of its “life” it inhabits a different body – someone already living who seems to take a backseat psyche-wise while “A” takes up residence within the skin and features of each different human being.   After the 24 hours are up (midnight to midnight) the human regains their body and mind control again with little or no memory of what took place while “a” was inside them.    Kinda like a fuzzy dream memory, or a light hangover, or misty minded leftover pot high nothing outrageous, just a little groggy on what transpired the day before, though, some of the individuals do retain a slight sensory memory of some of what went on though certainly not a clear focused memory of that time span.    “A” finds itself in a different body daily, different life situations with no clear idea of why?   Why not stay a while in one personage?   Why inhabit someone who is already a person – why does “A” not have a body of its own.    Sexuality changes, lifestyle changes – a jock one day, a slight girl the next,  a person with mental issues one day, a star student another, someone gay and proud one day, someone in a big family of lots of siblings, someone who is abused, someone who helps others in need.   “A” has access to the person’s memories though when arriving in a body of another culture often has trouble picking up the language as that takes time to access all that, so, “A” usually keeps a low profile pretending to be sick or having lots of homework or errands, etc. in order to stay away from the people who might be able to discover “A” doesn’t really speak Portugese this morning, though, he appears to be their son or their daughter who spoke it fluently yesterday.    Really interesting concept but like I said I have so many questions and I do feel lots of things were left up in the air so I am going to look for a sequel for sure on this one.    Well written and an excellent story but like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the reader will love the exploration, love the concept but continue to strive for the meaning of “A’s” existence.    I am looking forward to seeing the film, and I am looking forward defiantly to find out where the story goes from here.  I highly recommend this story for teens on up – note – there are some sensual insinuations so younger kids might best wait to read this one till they hit mid teens at least.