Every Day ~ David Levithan (Every Day #1)
[WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS]
★★★☆☆
Do you ever read a book and think: the author had so many possibilities staring him right in the face, but he made it a stupid love story instead??
That's how I feel about Every Day
The Writing and Worldbuilding
This is a fast-paced story, meaning that events happen in rather quick succession and do not tend to slow down for too long. However, sometimes the book was less fast-paced and more rushed. The first "day", for example, had a great deal of rushed narrative exposition and insta-love (my most hated trope and cliche). Idk what I expected, but it wasn't that, that's for sure. I guess I thought Levithan would have at least one day before the love interest was introduced, to introduce the main character and the world before diving face first into the plot. At the quarter mark, I almost DNF'd it, but decided not to since it was a recommendation. The rushed nature doesn't really improve.
I really don't like love stories being the A plot (pun intended). It really drags down the whole concept to just, oh, this is the story where this person is in a different body every day but instead of, idk, being psychologically interesting, they just pine after some random girl they saw in the first chapter because she had writing on her shoes. The B plot was really the highlight and I wish it was the A plot.
I thought there would be more development into Rhiannon's family life, but no, there was next to none. The whole book was basically will they, won't they? and I honestly couldn't care less.
The Characters
A: Definitely my favorite character, though given the competition, that doesn't really say much. They are consistent and kind. They make for a great narrator, I have to admit.
Rhiannon: I really don't like this girl. She's upset that A can't be with her even before she's actually broken up with Justin and after A basically forces her to break up with him, she only gets pissier. I get where she's coming from, but she's just really annoying and I don't like her.
Justin: He was just a classic jerk and I wish he had had a chance to possibly redeem himself or at least have a possibility to be humanized. Instead, he's just "the jerk" and not much else.
Rhiannon: I really don't like this girl. She's upset that A can't be with her even before she's actually broken up with Justin and after A basically forces her to break up with him, she only gets pissier. I get where she's coming from, but she's just really annoying and I don't like her.
Justin: He was just a classic jerk and I wish he had had a chance to possibly redeem himself or at least have a possibility to be humanized. Instead, he's just "the jerk" and not much else.
Nathan and Reverand Poole: Interesting characters! Why weren't they main characters?? IDK!! David Levithan doesn't want me to have nice things, apparently!
Conclusion
The book was good. I liked it and I might read the sequel, but I have a lot of other books I care more about on my TBR, so probably not. I don't want to be so negative with this book but I had no high expectations coming in, and the fact is, my low expectations were met, and that's sad.
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