I am a huge fan of David Levithan because he wrote one of my favorite books Every Day. You can read my reaction here on Goodreads. Yeah I know its not the best review but it was before I became a blogger. I now can even laugh at my status updates about it. So to say I was excited for Another Day is an understatement, hence the picture above.
Synopsis:
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 Review:
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 Review:
Another Day by David LevithanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
3 1/2 Platypires for Another Day by David Levithan
I received a digital copy from Netgalley for an honest review.
I need to start off by saying that I freaking LOVED Every Day. Its one of my favorite books and it filled me with so much positive emotions about love. I could not stop recommending that book to everybody I knew. Therefore, I was immediately excited when I heard that David Levithan wrote a companion book. This time from the POV of Rhiannon.
David Levithan starts the book off with a forward about this book being a companion book and that his goal was that it could be read as a stand-alone. I feel it could be read as a stand-alone but it just would not be interesting. I highly recommend reading Every Day first or I feel Another Day would be boring. The first 20% is just getting to know Rhiannon and her meeting new people. Not exactly exciting but because I knew it was A I was intrigued. I wanted to know if she would figure out that something was off.
I did like reading her reaction to A and her frame of mind about the whole situation. I was more in tune to the story anytime A made an appearance.I wasn't that interested when A wasn't there. Hands down A's story is way more interesting than Rhiannon.
I did not like Justin at all. I know I wasn't a fan of his in Every Day but I really couldn't stand him in Another Day. I just thought he was a jerk and didn't understand how he even had friends. It also made me think differently about Rhiannon and how she could not see that he wasn't the right guy. Just way too much Justin in this book when I rather have scenes with A.
Overall I did like the story. I thought it was a nice edition but I would have rather have read a sequel Every Day.
I would recommend this book for fans of Every Day but please keep in mind that this story is different. It was just not as compelling.
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