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hannahyang_'s review
5.0
10/10 would recommend this book.
I read this a couple of years ago and it’s still my favourite book to exist. The love story between A and Rhiannon shows that love exists in different ways ❤️
I read this a couple of years ago and it’s still my favourite book to exist. The love story between A and Rhiannon shows that love exists in different ways ❤️
pookiepree's review against another edition
3.0
The love story didn’t develop as much as I thought it could, felt a little rushed into why. However had an interesting plot and POV.
dshiple2's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
kim_j_dare's review against another edition
4.0
"A" is a 16-year-old who, for as long as he/she (doesn't identify with one gender or another) can remember, has woken in the body of a different person each day. The person whose body A inhabits for a 24-hour period is always the same general age and lives in a geographic area of about a 100 mile radius, but other than those parameters, A might wake up as a male, female, gay, straight, Asian, Latino, Caucasian, Black, in a myriad of functional and dysfunctional family situations. A has gotten used to the lack of connectivity with others that this allows-- until s/he meets Rhiannon. When s/he inhabits the body of Rhiannon's loser boyfriend Justin for a day, s/he is smitten, and can't get her out of his/her head or heart. As A inhabits other teens, s/he keeps finding excuses to meet Rhiannon again, until finally s/he tells Rhiannon his/her secret. At first, Rhiannon doesn't believe it, but she is convinced over time and must then come to terms with whether she can love someone strictly for what's on the inside, when the outside changes every day.
Levithan does a marvelous job with the voices of his characters (including the varied ones whom A becomes for a day), and with the thought-provoking situations that arise as A moves from one body to another. When one of the teens, Nathan, realizes that he has been "inhabited" and claims that Satan possessed his body, it quickly makes the news, and a preacher who is overly interested in Nathan's story turns out to play an important part in the decisions that A and Rhiannon ultimately reach.
Levithan does a marvelous job with the voices of his characters (including the varied ones whom A becomes for a day), and with the thought-provoking situations that arise as A moves from one body to another. When one of the teens, Nathan, realizes that he has been "inhabited" and claims that Satan possessed his body, it quickly makes the news, and a preacher who is overly interested in Nathan's story turns out to play an important part in the decisions that A and Rhiannon ultimately reach.
mythicca's review against another edition
4.0
David Leviathan is such a good writer!
I really enjoy his style.
This book was overall interesting and had a unique plot that I haven't really seen. I liked seeing the different lives and how so many could be so unique.
But, when it came down to the romance, it felt rushed and I was all-together not a fan of the pairing.
The romance was corny, claiming to had fallen in love within a day, and A was oblivious to how weird his confession seemed to Rhiannon.
The relationship seemed forced and doesn't seem like it would work out.
4/5 stars for a great plot, writing style, but strange romance.
I really enjoy his style.
This book was overall interesting and had a unique plot that I haven't really seen. I liked seeing the different lives and how so many could be so unique.
But, when it came down to the romance, it felt rushed and I was all-together not a fan of the pairing.
The romance was corny, claiming to had fallen in love within a day, and A was oblivious to how weird his confession seemed to Rhiannon.
The relationship seemed forced and doesn't seem like it would work out.
4/5 stars for a great plot, writing style, but strange romance.
librarydoc's review against another edition
5.0
Imagine waking up every day in a different body. Your mind is still yours, but that's it. No connections to others, no real family, no choice. This is A's life in a nutshell. Until A meets Rhiannon, and life turns upside down.
This is such an interesting book. I read it as part of our middle school book club, and I have to say that some of the themes are pretty heavy for middle school students. Some of the situations A faces include: self-harm, abuse, bullying, drug use, homosexuality, transgenderism, and racism.
The book lends itself to lots of rich discussion, and I found myself really questioning some basic beliefs. What makes us female or male, truly? Is it our physicality? Is it mental? Emotional? If the physical were stripped away, then what? Can you love someone's essence, or self, without considering the exterior wrapping?
Definitely a "thinking" book, one that will stay with me for a long time.
Grades 9+
This is such an interesting book. I read it as part of our middle school book club, and I have to say that some of the themes are pretty heavy for middle school students. Some of the situations A faces include: self-harm, abuse, bullying, drug use, homosexuality, transgenderism, and racism.
The book lends itself to lots of rich discussion, and I found myself really questioning some basic beliefs. What makes us female or male, truly? Is it our physicality? Is it mental? Emotional? If the physical were stripped away, then what? Can you love someone's essence, or self, without considering the exterior wrapping?
Definitely a "thinking" book, one that will stay with me for a long time.
Grades 9+
kerameia's review against another edition
5.0
Imagine waking up every morning in a different body, challenged with having to familiarize yourself with that body to get through the day--and not just the physical (are you diabetic? have you broken any bones? do you have allergies?), but a whole life to lead, all for a day.
This is the "life" that the main character, 'A', faces and has faced for all of 16 years. There's no explain as to how or why, simply that it is the way it is. One day, he wakes up in the body of a guy named Justine and meets Justine's devoted, yet neglected girlfriend, and that changes everything for A.
What I especially liked about this story is the respectful and clever way in which the author features A's weird situation--A can wake up in any body (it tends to be around his age), be it male or female. There're no lewd descriptions, no awkwardness in the physical difference--the emphasis is more on A's mindset as that particular person, navigating his way through the feelings and instincts of that person. And A can wake up in ANYBODY--a "normal" teenager, a druggie, someone who's very depressed and in need of serious help, someone who's happy-go-lucky... ANYONE.
The idea behind the story intrigued me and for that reason I started to read the book; as I kept reading, however, I became fascinated and eagerly kept on reading. It's not a particuarly fast-paced novel, as each chapter is another day in a new body, with A going through the routine. The quality is in the reflective and very real narration from A's point of view--the reader is drawn into wondering about what constitutes personhood, what defines us as male or female and how and why we love whom we love. There's a particular elegance to the author's writing style that creates a comfortable, and thought-provoking, reading experience and that, for me at least, leaves the reader with the true sense of "ohh whooa..." at the end.
This is the "life" that the main character, 'A', faces and has faced for all of 16 years. There's no explain as to how or why, simply that it is the way it is. One day, he wakes up in the body of a guy named Justine and meets Justine's devoted, yet neglected girlfriend, and that changes everything for A.
What I especially liked about this story is the respectful and clever way in which the author features A's weird situation--A can wake up in any body (it tends to be around his age), be it male or female. There're no lewd descriptions, no awkwardness in the physical difference--the emphasis is more on A's mindset as that particular person, navigating his way through the feelings and instincts of that person. And A can wake up in ANYBODY--a "normal" teenager, a druggie, someone who's very depressed and in need of serious help, someone who's happy-go-lucky... ANYONE.
The idea behind the story intrigued me and for that reason I started to read the book; as I kept reading, however, I became fascinated and eagerly kept on reading. It's not a particuarly fast-paced novel, as each chapter is another day in a new body, with A going through the routine. The quality is in the reflective and very real narration from A's point of view--the reader is drawn into wondering about what constitutes personhood, what defines us as male or female and how and why we love whom we love. There's a particular elegance to the author's writing style that creates a comfortable, and thought-provoking, reading experience and that, for me at least, leaves the reader with the true sense of "ohh whooa..." at the end.
postmodernblues's review against another edition
Too juvenile for me but I bet someone younger would like it!!
kaeliesreads's review
5.0
This book is also a book that I chose for free reading time at my school in 10th grade.