Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Someday by David Levithan - OPTIONAL

Someday (Every Day, #3) by David Levithan, 394 pages.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.  $19.  

Content: Language: R (37 swears; 13 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.  

BUYING ADVISORY: HS – OPTIONAL  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

As Rhiannon tries to have a new relationship and move on from A (who is body-less soul who has a different host every day), she realizes that she still loves A and worries about him, so she reaches out to connect with A online.  A also thinks about Rhiannon all of the time, so is relieved when they are able to reconnect, even though they still have the same problems as before.  X is someone with the same body-less condition as A, but he abuses the lives of those he is hosting, and he threatens Rhiannon and her friend so that he can find A.  X’s ill-intentions bother A and Rhiannon, so they try to work together to find a way to stop X.  

As confusing as that summary may sound, the books make sense and Levithan has built a creative world and premise for A and other characters like him in this book.  I guess I wanted a more satisfying ending, but I also felt like this ending was true to the series.  The content includes a manipulative character who is abusive and injures others and there are sexual references.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson.    

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