There’s a little more explicit gender reflection towards the end and in some ways I preferred the more subtle gender and identity stuff because the whole model for the story gives ample opportunity for that sort of reflection. This particularly comes across in A’s concern for the way that Rhiannon is treated and devalued by her shitty boyfriend and there’s a nice feminist undercurrent to that. Gender is handled quite subtly for most of the story-for A it’s not that big a deal, but it’s clear in the way the A interacts with others that their varied experience has given them a lot of empathy for others. Probably marketing department shenanigans. I’m not sure why there is a male pronoun used in the blurb as A is explicit about not identifying with one gender more than another in the story. Levithan jumps from life to life with incredible skill.Ī is effectively gender fluid, taking on the gender of the person whose life they’re borrowing. Each life that A touches was well realised, a brief glimpse into someone else’s reality. But then they meet Rhiannon and fall in love and everything changes.Įvery Day was a random second-hand bookshop find for me, although I read and enjoyed another Levithan book earlier in the year (you can find the review in the index), so I didn’t really know what to expect. A has always moved from life to life, unable to make long-term relationships, careful not to leave a lasting mark on the lives they touch. They spend only a day in each person’s body and then move on. Every morning, A wakes up to find themself in a different life, in a different body.
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