| Title | : | Another Day (Every Day, #2) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0385756208 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780385756204 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 327 |
| Publication | : | First published July 30, 2015 |
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.
In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan tells Rhiannon’s side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you.
Another Day (Every Day, #2) Reviews
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2.5 stars
Well, how about that? When my
friend mentioned that
Another Day is basically just a retelling of
Every Day except in the point of view of Rhiannon, secretly I was like “Pft! That couldn’t be possible, right? There has to be so much more to it than a retelling in a different POV. This Fabian person I’m sure is just exaggerating.” Now, I’m figuratively smashing my head on the wall and sending an apology to my friend telepathically because he was right all along, very right. The difference is Rhiannon’s POV is way more depressing than that of A but I kept reading on because I wanted to know more about A in the POV of another person.
The thing is, what I learned more about is this terrible, terrible person, Justin instead and what I did earn was the desire to bury him in the endless abyss of his own asshole-ness. On the other hand, I wanted to strangle Rhiannon into reality and slap her senseless for keeping up with Justin too long.
But, I admire the author just the same for his consistency, for his impeccable writing ability and for the courage to write about hateful characters and situations like those in the story. Suck-y relationships do exist and I hope we readers are smarter than Rhiannon by getting out of a bad relationship earlier than she did or by not getting involved in one in the first place.
Now, now, don’t be discouraged by this review because despite my complaints, I still enjoyed it somehow and I’m definitely reading more books by the author in the future. For a more encouraging, more positive review, do check out the other
AJ’s review. Happy birthday, my dear friend!^^
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WHATT?!? There's a sequel?? AAAAH I'm so excited! I only just found out about this but it has already become my most anticipated book of 2015. Every Day was one of my favorite reads of the year. I simply can't wait for this.
Nope. Nope. Nope. This was definitely the most disappointing read of the year so far for me. I don't actually know why this book was even written. Well, I do know: because of money. But it all just felt so unnecessary. I don't feel like I learned anything new while reading.
I know it's supposed to be the same story told from a different perspective, but that was the problem: the perspective was just so unbelievably boring. Rhiannon is probably the most dull POV I've ever read from. And it's so sad, because I feel like her story did have some potential. This book could've been a perfect place to explore issues surrounding her family and her life at home, but it just didn't. It only touched these topics slightly and then concentrated on her problems with her boyfriend, Justin, which got so repetitive after a while.
Even if you loved Every Day as much as I did, I cannot recommend this book at all. You're better off just re-reading Every Day! -
Another Day (Every Day #2), David Levithan
Another Day is a young adult romance and fantasy novel written by American author David Levithan. The novel was published on August 25, 2015 through Random House Children's Books.
Every Day establishes the story line through the perspective of "A", a mystical soul who falls in love with a girl named Rhiannon. Another Day features a similar story line; however, it is retold through Rhiannon's perspective.
Both books were followed up by a sequel in 2018 entitled Someday that incorporates both A and Rhiannon's perspectives in different chapters along with a multitude of other perspectives.
The novel starts off with what seems like a normal day for Rhiannon; she watches her boyfriend, Justin, pull into the school parking lot, hoping he still was not mad from last night's fight. Their everyday routine is broken, however, when Justin suggests getting away for the day, to which Rhiannon chooses to go to the beach.
On the way to the beach, Justin is acting out of character and doing things he would not normally do. Rhiannon does not seem to mind too much; however, she is still cautious about her actions and words.
Rhiannon and Justin end up sharing a romantic day, even going as far as pulling the "make out" blanket from the car trunk. The couple lounge about on the blanket, never going farther than sharing a kiss or two.
While laying on the blanket, Rhiannon and Justin share childhood memories with each other that they have not shared with anyone else. At the day end, Rhiannon suggests that future days end up just like the one they shared. Justin only replies, "I don't want you to think every day is going to be like today. Because they're not going to be, alright? They can't be." ...
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و هفتم ماه دسامبر سال 2018 میلادی
عنوان: روز دیگر؛ نویسنده: دیوید لویتان؛
ادامه ی داستان «هر روز»؛ و داستان آن روح است؛ اینبار داستان از زبان «ریانن» است، ایشان سخن آغاز میکند؛ رمان با روزی که به نظر میرسد یک روز عادی برای «ریانون» است، آغاز میشود؛ «ریانون» به دیدار دوست پسر خود «جاستین» به پارکینگ مدرسه میرود، امیدوار است که او هنوز از جنگ شب گذشته عصبانی نشده باشد؛ و ...؛
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Have you ever fought the “Battle of the Netflix” for YEARS only to feel bad that you can’t think of anything decent to get your husband for Father’s Day so you end up caving and then you find things like Napoleon Dynamite and you just can’t stop yourself from watching it over and over and over again? Me too. My advance apologies for what you’re about to experience. #voteforpedro
David Levithan is like the pied piper to my old haggy self and I can’t resist reading everything he churns out - especially when I can get them for free and months in advance of their release date . . .
That being said, I kinda had a bad feeling upon starting this book. I’m not a fan of the retelling of a story from another character’s point of view. I generally think it’s (1) a waste of time and (2) a money-grubbing scheme. But again, it’s Levithan so if anyone could have made me a believer, I thought it would be him (or not *sad face*).
Another Day simply didn’t have the same magic for me as
Every Day. Every Day earned pointsbecause I used to be nicer a couple of years agofor being original and doing a great job of getting the message across that love is love. Sadly the sequel didn’t provide me with those same kinds of feely-feels. Mostly due to my reaction to Rhiannon . . .
While she did have a few redeeming qualities:
“I know you say you love me, but you don’t really know me. You’ve known me a week.”
“Just because you trust me, it doesn’t mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn’t work like that.”
She was pretty much just awful:
“This surprises me, that A was a boy in love with a boy. Maybe it’s because it’s a girl’s voice telling me this story. Or maybe because I assume girl when I hear boyfriend. Which I know isn’t right, but it’s where my mind goes.”
And it wasn’t just when A was a female. Rhiannon was about as shallow as they get. When A appeared as a hotty she was all in, but when he showed up as less than a 10 all of a sudden she had mixed emotions . . .
Not that A was any better. “Controlling, instaloving nutter” were the super intelligent notes I left for myself. Things like A not realizing that Rhiannon would not be physically attracted to him if he were in a HER body left me with the same squicky vibe as Rhiannon’s reaction to homosexuality. It was like a reverse “pray the gay away” moment. Yes, what is on the inside is what matters, but no one should force themselves into a sexual situation that makes them feel uncomfortable – and pretending to be a lesbian would definitely be one of those situations.
Another negative were both characters’ experiences. Gak! So one-dimensional. Now, there was a glimpse of A waking up for the day in a troubled body, but really if you found yourself as a new person every 24-hours wouldn’t the odds have you ending up homeless or neglected or abused or something not so freaking ordinary every day?
Same goes for Rhiannon. Here is a girl who has grown up in a not-so-healthy environment and has coped by becoming a Stage 5 Clinger to an emotionally unavailable boy. Rather than going into any details about what made her who she was, instead we got this . . .
I’m getting too old for that.
In fact, the character I was most intrigued by this time around ended up being the a-hole boyfriend. Go figure. From A and Rhiannon’s perspective, Justin was simply a superdouche (which he proved time and again), but I wanted to find out what deeper reason was behind his mood swings/disgusting views towards women. DEAR DAVID LEVITHAN, PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL CUT YOU IF YOU WRITE THIS G.D. BOOK AGAIN FROM JUSTIN’S POINT OF VIEW.
Maybe this will finally teach me that these reiterations of a story just aren’t my cup of tea. However, I will continue drinking the Levithan Kool-Aid ‘cause the fella’s writing is pretty much the bees knees . . .
“I wonder how I can be so full of him while he’s so empty of me.”
“We stand there for a few seconds, or maybe a few minutes, hand in hand, forehead on forehead, lips gently on lips, drained entirely of longing, because everything’s been found.”
“The universe, at this moment, is romantic. And I want it. I want it so badly. I want the touch of his lips on mine. I want the way my heart is pounding. I want this nest, my body and his body. I want it because it’s that unreal kind of real.”
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Retellings are so hard to get right, but when you combine a retelling from a borderline unlikeable character and you don't add anything new to the table, things go downhill VERY quickly.
Just in case anyone was wondering, this CANNOT be read as a standalone. It is completely dependent on
Every Day for context and plot. In fact, if you are expecting any sort of story structure, look elsewhere.
"Another Day" jumps around from notable event to notable event from "Every Day", just from Rhiannon's perspective. And let me tell you, I almost wish I'd never gotten a glimpse at her POV. First of all, her relationship with Justin was painful to read. PAINFUL. It is so clearly an emotionally abusive relationship that I wanted to shake Rhiannon. Justin is an epic douche, and I simply wanted to punch him in the nads the entire time.
But what was most difficult to read were the details about Rhiannon herself. She is just less... special than she seemed in the first. More shallow, more insecure, less unique. It was disappointing, if I'm being honest.
Despite knowing some more unsavory things about Rhiannon from this book, I would still have said that this story had merit except for the fact that this retelling brings very little extra to the table. The purpose of a companion piece is to shed new light and bring new information to the original book. Instead, I think this book and this author tried to milk an already successful book for more than it could give (ahem,
Grey).
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Contemporary YA is not my genre, but I honestly enjoyed this novel. It was a very light read. A short break from all the fantasy and Historical Fiction novels. I'm never going to consider contemporary YA as my favorite genre, but I'm willing to read it from time to time. There are some life lessons you can learn from the genre.
I read Every Day out of nowhere years ago. I was reading a lot of YA books then, but if you give me Every Day right now, I'd still give it a go. The synopsis is still pretty great, and the execution was still good for me. I liked the story, ending, and characters. Not much complaints when it comes to the first novel. It's a bit of a different story for the second novel though. Second novel being a different point of view.
What I hated the most would be the whole idea of the novel. Yeah it sounds bad now, but continue reading to know why I rated this as such. I hated the fact that the author wanted readers of Every Day to know Rhiannon's point of view. In the first novel, it seemed like he gave Rhiannon closure. She can be happy, in the future at least. What I read in this novel was a girl's point of view when it comes to relationship. Not necessarily all types, but at least of one. Like I said in the beginning, Contemp YA is not my genre, so I didn't enjoy this that much. Those who are fond of the genre would enjoy this a lot for sure. It wasn't a terrible read though, but it was a bit tedious to read a lot about what she wanted. All the ramblings got a bit tiring after a while.
I know that I shouldn't be comparing this to the first book, but it's honestly inevitable. I liked the first novel way better, because of the whole premise. It's cool to think that someone/something could do what A can. To have no permanent life, friends, family, etc. It's scary in a way.
3.5/5 stars. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. For those who have read the first novel, don't expect the same mystery. This is straight up contemporary. I'm sure that most people would rate this higher, but a 3.5 from a guy who barely reads the genre is pretty high. The novel was not that bad, not bad at all.
Thank you Netgalley for providing me an arc in exchange for an honest review. -
Another Day is literally like re-reading a book you loved, but told in the perspective of the worst character with the most boring plot. Okay, maybe that's a bit too harsh, but its hard not to be annoyed when I read such a pointless novel.
As a novella this would have been a cute addition, but as a full novel simply retold from an unlikable character? I suppose I should have suspected something when the forward is a long rambling defense on the point of the novel, but I loved Every Day so much that I wanted to give this “companion” the benefit of the doubt.
This is not a terrible book IF you haven't read Every Day. The writing is still really good and in general it's a decent read, however if you have read Every Day I feel like this book will just end up feeling tedious. While you don't need to read Every Day to read this, I don't really see the point in recommending it, since the original is by far the better novel. Unless you're a hardcore fan, save your money. 2.5/5
Suggestion: If we are not going to get a true sequel, could we at least get a companion told from the Pastor's perspective. I think that would have been a much better alternative than having Rhiannon as a main character.
Buy, Borrow or Bin Verdict: Bin
Note: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. -
DNF @ 36%
I've been reading this for a month now and I still haven't reached the halfway mark. Go figure.
I desperately wanted to like this. But if the POV's infuriating as hell and all you want to do is get out of the character's head, you get out. Why torture yourself more, right?
Review to come.
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10/24/13
I don't think Every Day needs a sequel… but still, I'm intrigued all the same.
edit: 11/03/13
GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, PEOPLE! Stop rating books that aren't even released!
edit, again: 12/17/14
IT HAS A TITLE.
Another Day.
So it's really pushing through.. I'm not sure what to feel. I guess I'll know when I have the real thing in my hands. -
Her Gün'ü gerçekten çok sevmiştim. Çünkü A'yı ve düşünce yapısını okumaya, yazarın satır aralarına serpiştirdiği o güzelim sözlere bayılmıştım. Bu kitap için ilk kitaptaki kadar fazla bi beklentim yoktu zaten zira aynı olayları Rhiannon'un bakış açısıyla okuyacaktık. Okuması keyifliydi, A'yı -farklı bir bakış açısıyla- yeniden görmek güzeldi. Ama sayfalar ilerledikçe Rhiannon'dan daha da soğudum, hoşnutsuzluğum giderek nefrete dönüştü resmen. Düşünce yapısını bir türlü anlamlandıramadım bu bir, ölümüne kararsız ve tutarsız bir karakterdi bu da iki. Okuduğum için kesinlikle pişman degilim, yine bir sürü cümlenin altını çizip bi kenara not ettim. Tavsiye ederim -özellikle ilk kitabi sevenlere- ama Rhiannon'un ergenliklerine de hazır olun millet.
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Uau, que jornada! Em um primeiro contato com o livro, confesso que estava com medo de ser ruim. De ser um livro desnecessário, cheio de mimimi, feito apenas pra ganhar mais dinheiro com a história. Mas não. Talvez eu tenha aproveitado mais por causa da fase em que estou na vida? Talvez. Vale ressaltar também que li "Todo Dia" há quase 2 anos atrás, então não me lembrava de muita coisa.
O que mais me impactou em Outro Dia foi a carga emocional. É um livro pesado de sentimentos, mas de uma forma boa. Ele consegue passar uma complexidade tão grande para o amor, e isso é incrível. Nós acompanhamos as inseguranças da Rihannon, e o que me fez aproveitar mais ainda foi ter me relacionado tanto com ela. Meu coração estava inteiramente dentro dessa leitura.
A escrita é maravilhosa, e o livro fluiu muito rápido. No fim, acabei enrolando, porque não queria que ele acabasse. Levithan domina a formação de frases — ele sabe combinar as palavras de um jeito espantoso. É como se ele conseguisse verbalizar tudo o que se passa na sua cabeça e você lesse aquilo gritando "CARA, É EXATAMENTE ISSO!".
Pouquíssimas coisas me incomodaram no livro. Às vezes, parecia que a história não se sustentaria muito bem sem a existência do A, ou seja, muita coisa do dia-a-dia da Rihannon poderia ter sido cortado — alguns momentos pareceram longos demais. Outra coisa é a conexão da protagonista com o A, que às vezes era meio forçado, do tipo: "Aquela pessoa estava na festa, mas eu sentia que ela queria falar especificamente comigo". Eu acho que a visão interna nessas partes deixaram a desejar, mas é a vida que segue.
O final me deixou um pouco cético. Será que vamos ter mais um livro? O que o Levithan quis dizer com aquilo? Não sei dizer. Mas, de qualquer forma, chorei? Chorei. A história continua linda, com mais profundidade ainda, e não consigo colocar em palavras o quanto ela me tocou. -
Plain, simple, pretty boring YA.
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"I'm just wondering why people stay together," I say. "Why they connect in the first place, and what keeps that connection is strong. I want it to be all things inside---who you are,
what you believe. But what if the things on the outside are just as important? When I was little, I was always worried I'd fall in love with someone ugly. Like Shrek. Then I figured that love would make anyone beautiful to me, if I love them enough. I want to believe that. I want to
believe that you can love someone so strongly that none of it will matter. But what if it does?
"Nobody here is in love with someone who may or may not show up on any given day.
Nobody here doesn't know what form his or her love will take. And instead of feeling
superior to them--instead of feeling smug because I have what they don't have--I find myself
envying them."
Rhiannon struggles to figure herself out... To figure *A* out... She loves *A*......(gender neutral).
These two love each other. Both wish for stability...yet how can that be with their very challenging circumstance? Is 'any' love really considered 'stable'? Is that even the right question to ask? Rhiannon especially grapples with this question.
Having read 'Every Day', ( maybe my favorite Teen book 'ever'), which first examined questions
About what it might be like to wake up in a different body each day... and what would it be like to fall in love with a person who changed every day....in "Another Day".... These same issues
get explored looking deeper into problem resolutions. These two books together make a perfect set of 'bookends'.
A few times - I thought about reading a book in Hebrew. ( for some reason these two-books-togther simply gave me the association). We read a book from right to left in Hebrew
Seems backwards to most.... Yes perfectly normal for Israeli's. If this was a backward book..
or a forward book... I absolutely loved it.
The entire concept of both these two books is fascinating- charming- and wise!
Thank you to Knopf publishing company, Netgalley, and David Levithan. ( I'll rush to the head of the line if there is "An Additional Day"!) -
Wowza!
I really enjoyed this book a lot more than I did with the first.
I feel like David's writing (as good as it is) got even better in this one.
I liked Rhiannon. She is definitely a character I felt a lot for.
David was very clever not to make this book repetitive.
And he ended this book like it needs a sequel. Like how dare you Mr. Levithan!
Definitely enjoyed this and feel it was needed.
If you've read Every Day and want to get to know Rhiannon and her life, then pick this book up.
To be honest as it is a companion, you can read it in any order. You don't need to read Every Day first.
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“If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.”
If you haven't heard of this book, it is the companion novel to Every Day. I honestly don't know how I feel about this book, I'm so confused. It was a good book, but it wasn't something that I loved. It was interesting but I felt like it was slow-paced at times and I had a hard time finishing it. And I felt like I kept waiting for the perfect moment to read this book because for some reason, I felt like I was going to love it.
“I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.”
Every Day is a book about a person named A who wakes up in a new body every morning. A doesn't know why this is happening but he knows that this is his life and he can't do anything about it. All A has to do is act normal and try not to mess up the life of the person's body that he is in. But after waking up in Justin's body and meeting Rhiannon, he broke all of his rules. He acted different and couldn't stop thinking about Rhiannon. Another Day is Rhiannon's point of view of this story and you get to see more of Rhiannon's life.
“There will always be more questions. Every answer leads to more questions. The only way to survive is to let some of them go.”
After reading this story in Rhiannon's point of view, it made me realize that I didn't like so many characters. Justin was someone that I hated and I really hope I don't meet someone like him. Rhiannon was confused and I don't blame her but she makes me so frustrated at times. I felt bad for A because of this person's life style and how he/she has to live. Preston is nice and I liked him but we didn't get to read much about him. Steve is okay and Stephanie was okay too. Rebecca was probably my favorite character because of how supportive she was. She was such a good friend she she knew what was right and wrong.
“It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.”
Although I didn't love this book, I still felt really bad for A. Sometimes I felt like Rhiannon was super selfish and it bothered me. A was someone who never had family and family. A didn't have anyone to go back to because of the way that he/she was born. I can't imagine a life life A's, it would be horrible. It made me feel so thankful for the life I have. But what I really liked about A was how strong he/she was, that although this is a horrible situation, he/she is trying to make the best of it.
“Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.”
I recommend this to those who read Every Day because you will get to see more of the story. It is interesting to hear Rhiannon's thoughts about everything she goes through. If you haven't read Every Day, I highly recommend you read it!
“It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.”
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Eğer daha önce Her Gün'ü okumamış olsaydım, tahminimce Başka Bir Gün'ü daha çok severdim çünkü bir kitabın başından sonunu bilmek, eğer kitabın sonunu bilmem gerekmiyorsa (mesela bazı kitaplar sonlarını en başta söyleyip, sonra hikayeyi anlatıyorlar), beni hikayeden koparan bir unsur.
Başka Bir Gün, kesinlikle Her Gün'den bağımsız olarak okunabilecek bir kitap. İlk kitabın ikizi niteliği taşıyan bir kitap olduğu için (Her Gün A'nın ağzından anlatılırken, Başka Bir Gün Rhiannon'un bakış açısından ilerliyordu), kendimi yer yer olay örgüsünden koparken buldum çünkü neler olacağını biliyordum.
Ama bu durumun sevdiğim yanları da yok değildi. Rhiannon, A'dan daha farklı şeylere dikkat ediyordu. İkisinin birlikte olduğu bir sahneyi okurken, A'nın ağzından okuduğumuz hikayede görmediğim veya gördüysem de, okurken dikkatimi o kadar da çekmeyen detayları fark eder buldum kendimi. Bu da sanırım bir noktada kitabı başarılı kılıyor çünkü bence Başka Bir Gün'ün olayı, farklı bakış açılarından bakabilmekti.
İlk kitabı okurken Rhiannon beni biraz rahatsız etmişti, bu kitabı okurken de A'dan biraz rahatsız oldum. Rhiannon'un bazı tepkilerinde oldukça haklı, bazı tepkilerinde ise haklı olmasa bile insan olduğunu hissetmek, onun da düşünceleri olan ve belli fikirlere göre hareket eden bir birey olduğunu görmek güzeldi. Özellikle, ilk kitapta A'ya sık sık Justin ile arasındaki ilişkiyi bilmediğini söylerken, bu kitapta o ilişkiyi görebilme şansımızın olması bayağı hoşuma giden şeylerden birisiydi.
Eğer ilk kitabı okumamış olsaydım ve Başka Bir Gün'ü sonundan habersiz okusaydım, kesinlikle 4 yıldız verirdim fakat ilk kitabı okudum ve ne okumuş olmamı ne de bu kitabı okurken yer yer oldukça sıkıldığım gerçeğini geri alabilirim. Başlarken tereddüte düşme nedenim tam da buydu ama korktuğumdan daha iyi bir şekilde sonlandı. Hiç sevmeyeceğimden veya okurken delilercesine sıkılacağımdan endişe ediyordum, öyle olmadı.
Şey de çok güzeldi:
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(May contain spoilers for the first book in the series, Every Day).
The first thing I will tell you is that Every Day is NOT a sequel. This is important to understand because you will be disappointed if you go into it with that mindset. There is no time in Another Day that doesn't overlap Every Day. They are, in essence, the same story told from different points of view.
In Every Day we saw the unique being that was A - jumping bodies, lives, and locations every night. Nothing was ever familiar or the same. In Another Day, we see Rhiannon, who plays the love interest in the first story. We see her experience with A, from the perspective of someone who's life is ordinary and stationary.
So let's start with the good.
I love Rhiannon. I think she is a great protagonist: full of emotions, confusion and questions. She is a girl who is struggling with life: her boyfriend, familial relationships, friends. She isn't sure who she wants to be but she's sure of who she isn't. Rhiannon is also dealing with abuse. Her boyfriend, Justin, is emotionally abusive and the relationship is codependent.
Another Day lets us see behind-the-scenes stuff we didn't witness in the first book. We see the "how's" and "why's" of Justin and Rhiannon's relationship. We see that Justin had a lot going on and even though is is NO EXCUSE for how he treated Rhiannon, it showed us the truth and not just speculation.
Another thing I really enjoyed in this second installment was Rhiannon's inner monologue. I loved seeing her debate the existence of "A" and whether or not it was something she could handle. On one side of the spectrum, you have A, who has always been undefinable, so he/she never tried to define it. A doesn't live in a world of concrete laws and standards. Rhiannon, however, is trying to figure out where she is on the spectrum. Can she love A as a girl? Can she love him when he's unattractive and not her type? Rhiannon's struggle is real and authentic. She asks a lot of the questions I think people would in such a unique situation and that made her story relatable.
And now the not-so-good.
I had really high hopes for this book. I wanted to LOVE it and at times, I did, even more than the first one. But where the story came to a crashing halt for me was the conclusion. If you've read the first book, you know where the story stops and I won't spoil you, BUT I can't get behind the ending of Another Day. It was even more unsatisfying that the ending of Every Day! It felt like the story just ended and was incomplete!
My only conclusion is that there must be something else -- maybe another book or even a novella. The problem is we don't know. If I knew something else was coming, I might be able to rate is higher, but to my understanding, nothing is in the works. And the ending didn't work for me, so that is a problem.
I wanted more and I wanted something in the future. I was moved by the story told in this duology but I can't say it satisfied me. So ultimately, as it stands, I am giving Another Day 3.5 stars, with the hopes that we might get a real sequel someday in the future. *HINT HINT* Some Day would be a great name for a third book. (Just saying). -
I was excited to see what 'A' was up to in this sequel. I didn't know anything about it. I thought we would get more. There is no new story here. This is a retelling of Some Day from Rhiannon's perspective. The whole love story is played over in her head and what she thinks and feels. I can't say it's not interesting, but there isn't anything new here. I don't even feel like we get a few extra scenes with her in it.
I recommend reading the first book "Some Day" and if you really love the story, then read this book, otherwise skip to the 3rd book. I will have to find time to read that one as well.
I still think this is one of the most interesting concepts I've read out there. It's pretty brilliant. -
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children’s for an advance reader copy of this book.
“Every Day” is one my all-time favorite YA books, if not my very favorite. The story is truly unusual and very moving. It’s the tale of “A,” a non-gender specific entity who wakes up every day inhabiting a new human body. It can be anyone within a 4-hour radius, as long as the person is the same age as the currently teenaged “A.” “A” has been this way as long as he (for convenience, I will refer to “A” as a “he” although “A” has no gender) can remember and has learned how to inhabit his hosts respectfully, not taking advantage of them and trying hard not to alter the course of their lives in any way. One day, “A” wakes up in the body of Justin, a sixteen year old boy. Justin has a girlfriend, Rhiannon. In the day that “A” spends in Justin’s body, he falls in love with Rhiannon, and as he continues to “body-hop,” he finds ways to be with Rhiannon, finally revealing his secret to her. Their relationship and its complications and implications form the crux of that book. I absolutely loved it.
“Another Day” is NOT a sequel to “Every Day,” it is a companion book that tells the exact same story from Rhiannon’s perspective. I have mixed feelings about it – while I enjoyed revisiting the story and the characters, it lost its emotional pull on me a little bit. I am not sure if that’s because I already knew the story and how it ends or because Rhiannon was a less compelling center to the story. Probably a little of both. I’m glad I read it and I liked it, but I really wish Levithan had just left the whole thing alone. He ends “Another Day” in a bit of a cliffhanger fashion, so I fear an actual sequel is in the works. Note to Mr. Levithan – walk away, dude. Don’t diminish perfection; let this classic story stand as written.
If you haven’t read “Every Day” and you enjoy young adult literature, it’s a must-read. Definitely DO NOT read “Another Day” before “Every Day.” “Every Day” is the better book and has the more powerful viewpoint and impact.
This is a 3.5 for me, but closer to a 3 than a 4. -
Mr Levithan, I hate you. I love you but I hate you as well. There better be a third book.
An ARC was provided by NetGalley against an honest review.
Every Day was one of my favorite books of 2013. It’s one of my favorite books of all time. I went into Another Day without re-reading Every Day after I read the author’s note. I remembered the message behind the book. I remembered the atmosphere, the hope, the tolerance, the love, the pain. But I can’t say that I remembered every single detail, every single day in the life of A. But it definitely wasn’t an issue, au contraire.
I was so happy to get back into David Levithan’s writing, into this story. It was full of everything I had found in Every Day and more because it was interesting to hear a bit more about Rhiannon and to hear a bit more FROM her. I connected to her and I felt close to her. From her POV, we can see how hard it is to fall in love with someone who doesn’t have a body. When we were in A’s mind, it seemed so easy to fall in love with an individual. But with Rhiannon, we realize that, yes, it can happen but it’s definitely not the easiest thing.
I’m still blown away by the story, by how unique it is. The characters are amazing. And David Levithan has a way of touching my heart like nobody else.
I definitely recommend Every Day & Another Day to anyone. It’s YA but it’s very mature. It’s captivating, entertaining, beautiful and poetic. -
Calling it now, there's going to be a third.
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Why?
If this is a continuation of the story I will DIE.
If this is a story in Rhiannon's POV, I will write an essay on how unnecessary that is.
But of course, I will still read it.
Seriously, I don't get it. Why? First of all, Rhiannon doesn't need a POV. She's fine the way she is. Her story ended well. And let's face it, she's not the world's most interesting character.
I sincerely hope this turns out to be worth the read and not just a sequel for the sake of having a sequel. -
Intial reaction: Damn your endings, Levithan.
Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf Books for Young Readers for providing this ARC.
When I first heard about Another Day, I was ecstatic, because I thought it would be a sequel to Every Day, which I adored, but hated the open ending, because it left me wanting more. Then I found out it was actually a companion novel, written from Rhiannon’s point of view, one of the characters in Every Day. And I thought it would be interesting to see how this will turn out. And I liked it. It’s similar to Every Day, but it’s definitely not the same book.
It’s very difficult to talk about this book, without referring to Every Day, which tells the story of A, a boy (?) who switches bodies every day. Every morning, he wakes up in a different body, and he’s comfortable with this until he meets Rhiannon, when he inhabits her boyfriend’s body. He then tries his best to make their relationship work, even though everything is against them. It was really interesting to see their story from Rhiannon’s perspective. I got to understand her a bit better, and it shed light on some of her behavior. From what I have seen, a lot of people don’t like her very much. I found her quite a realistic character, even though I hated the way she let her boyfriend dictate their relationship. But her interactions with A were believable, all her confusion and hesitation are pouring off the pages and all the reasons she finds against the relationship are extremely valid. It’s a very confusion position to find yourself in. And it’s no wonder she’s acting the way she is. She’s still fighting for him, though. She wants the love he’s willing to give her. She recognizes the fact that she’s in an abusive relationship. And she knows she deserves better.
I loved the writing. It’s poetic and I easily fell into the story thanks to it. Honestly, the best way to read these books would be at the same time. This way, you’re able to get the full picture and understand the characters in the best way possible. Because it’s a complicated story. And it needs an ending.
Which brings me to the reason I rated this just 3 stars. The ending. The last couple of sentences made me so mad. It’s an open ending, but it just screams “more more more more more”. Both books end with the characters wanting more. Yet, we don’t get this. We don’t get to see what happens to them. And that’s infuriating. I’d rather have gotten a proper sequel to Every Day than this. It seems a bit redundant, although, like I said, it’s still interesting to read.
In the end, it’s effectively up to you if you want to read this. It works as a companion, but you can very easily read it even if you haven’t read Every Day. It was good, but I wanted more. Just not more of the same.
Favourite quotes:
“ These books are always there for me. All of them are there for me. My life changes all the time, but books don't change. Your reading of them changes--you can bring new things to them each time. But the words are familiar words. The world is a place you've been before, and it welcomes you back.”
“- I know that deep down, I mean the world to him.
- Deep down? [...] You shouldn't have to venture deep down in order to get to love.”
★★★
Publication date: August 25th 2015
To everyone who got this far, thank you for reading and have a wonderful day! Also, feel free to share your thoughts, comment or tell me anything :) -
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Pensava que não ia gostar tanto por já conhecer o plot mas claro que isso não aconteceu pois adorei *.* Agora venha o 3º livro e realmente a continuação porque quero mesmo ver como isto vai acabar e já estou à espera do final desde 2013!
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O segundo livro é muito semelhante ao primeiro, só que claro contado do ponto de vista da Rhiannon, personagem que tinha gostado muito no primeiro livro. Foi bom ver o lado da protagonista feminina embora sinceramente não acho que tenha acrescentado muito à série em si, visto que A é a grande figura principal da trilogia e uma personagem com muito mais camadas por explorar e por descobrir. Contudo, foi interessante de conhecer um pouco mais da Rhiannon especialmente da sua relação com o Justin. Eu já sabia que o Justin não era flor que cheirasse mas agora tive a certeza, não gostei nem um pouco dele.
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Such a great companion (or twin, as Levithan would say)!
I loved the idea behind Every Day and Another Day. While you might think these books are about what it's like to change bodies every day, it's actually much more about how it is to love someone for who they really are, and how hard it is to forget about what you see. It's something I've always thought about, because our society is becoming more and more open about homosexuality and transgenders - and much more people who simply can't fit into any category we have. Because this is how we live. We see someone and we immediately have to put tags on them: boy or girl? good-looking or not? straight or not? smart or not? nice or not? cool or not? Once you've grown up living like this, it's incredibly hard to get over this habit, which is what Rhiannon's going through in this book. In reality, you can't always fit into one category, and as fine as we can be about it, there'll always be difficulties when you're trying to live that way, as stupid as they can be. I really liked how these novels made me think about issues like this and how I would react if it were happening to me, because I truly got a life lesson out of reading them.
I am really glad I could read this book. While I didn't expect a companion novel, I can now see how necessary it was to completely grasp the meaning of the story. There's so much difference in how you and another person can see a single event, so the full story can have much more meaning from one perspective than another. I read Every Day a very long time ago, so I remember the biggest part of the story, but not the specific details. However, there were many things I remembered from A's perspective that weren't mentionned in Another Day, which is why I would recommend reading both books in the order they came out, because I really liked comparing both and knowing some details unknown by Rhiannon in this book.
In this book, we can find the same characters there are in Every Day, only slightly more centered around Rhiannon's life. I loved many of her friends, because I thought they were honest and very kind to her, no matter how lost she is at some points in this book. They are true friends and I was happy to discover more details about them than I had in Every Day. I also really enjoyed getting to know A from Rhiannon's perspective, because without the explanations given in the original novel, his actions can be seen very differently. My only complain is that this way, A sometimes seemed more annoying and persistent then loving and determined, but in the end I could see why he would act this way. If someone were to act like this because of their feelings for me, I would be very touched, because A's actions speak more loudly than his words most of the time. Rhiannon is a great character, with all her strenght and her capacity to see things as they really are. The way she handles everything impressed me, because she never wants to lie to herself and she allows herself to see things positively, even though it can be hard sometimes. I definitely started to like her even more in this book, because her reasons for acting like she did are pretty much all really good and she's a good person, all this while being a simple teenager.
I adored the way this novel was written. It's fluent and clear, but it's also beautiful and it made me think, analyse and feel everything, just as it should. I don't remember much of Every Day's writing, but I know for a fact that I loved Another Day's. I think Levithan did a wonderful job of telling another side of his story and it couldn't have been done any better. There had to have been a lot of thought behind every action and it's clearly been done, because everything fits so perfectly with what remembrance I had of Every Day. By this point, I don't know if I have convinced you to read this novel, after having read the first one, but let me tell you this: you need it, wether you know it or not. It will make your previous read a whole lot better.
However, there's something about the ending that makes me wonder a lot about what happens afterwards, so if you have read Another Day, I need to know what you think about it. Please!
Overall, I would recommend this novel a billion times. I know it can be read before the first one, or even on its own, but I seriously think it's better to read it the way it was published.
(Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.) -
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Another Day is the other side of Every Day, the story seen from Rhiannon's perspective, and all that happens after she meets A.
While Another Day is mostly the same story as
Every Day, there are some differences as well, as the readers see some of the things that happen to Rhiannon when she's not with A. All her self-doubts and the choices she makes made more sense to me when I was inside her head, as opposed to reading everything from A's perspective. I didn't enjoy Rhiannon as much as I enjoyed A, though, and I think that may be because where A was selfless most of the time, Rhiannon was much more selfish. Not all the time, but she did put herself first, even to the point of possibly putting someone else in danger towards the end of the story.
It was very interesting to see how Rhiannon perceived A and their relationship, though, because I felt so much for A and wanted things to work out between the two of them. Rhiannon was hesitating, and didn't really see their story moving forward. Every Day showed me that she could very well be right - it's impossible to have a real, growing relationship with someone who wakes up inside someone else's body every single morning of their life! How do you explain switching partners every day? But still be comfortable with the beautiful person inside all those different bodies?
Even if I enjoyed Rhiannon a bit less than I enjoyed A, I did like her story, and her growth was tremendous. From being very unsure, and letting her boyfriend treat her less than good, she realized that she deserved better, and with that realization, she also got that she had to change for herself. Taking control over her own life wasn't necessarily as easy as it seemed, because she didn't really have a good support system. Two very good friends, who felt pushed away because of her boyfriend, and then A, whom she couldn't really introduce to anyone made those weeks complicated for her.
Written first person point of view, from Rhiannon's perspective, and in present tense, the story felt very immediate to me, even if I had already read most of what happened from A's point of view before. It was very interesting to see how perception has everything to do with our perspective, though, and sometimes, it's not enough to try to see things differently, some experiences just have to be lived.
The school door opens and the school door closes, and he doesn't realize I am on the other side. Standing there, I wonder how I can be so full of him while he's so empty of me.
I'm happy to see him, but also exhausted. It's just so much work. He looks worse than I feel, staring into his locker like there's a window in there. In some people, this would mean daydreams. But Justin doesn't daydream. When he's gone, he's really gone.
Real. Real like this is real - Justin listening next to me, the sky above, the sand underneath. It is real in such an intense way that it feels unreal, too. Like I had no idea it was possible to feel so much at once, and have it all be true. -
"I read it a lot, whenever I find it in a library. Partly because I find new things every time I read it, but also because these books are always there for me. All of them are there for me. My life changes all the time, but books don't change. Your reading of them changes- you can bring new things to them each time. But the words are familiar words. The world is a place you've been before, and it welcomes you back."
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This book was the second to the Every day series. The first book was told in one part of view and this book was told in different view. The author did such a great job of really getting in every single detail about the story and really made you think you were the character.
