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Every Day #3
Someday
The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Every Day, now a major motion picture starring Angourie Rice.
Every day a new body. Every day a new life. Every day a new choice.
For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person’s body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn’t anyone else who had a life like this.
But A was wrong. There are others.
A has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to — and what it’s like to discover that you are not alone in the world.
In Someday, David Levithan takes readers further into the lives of A, Rhiannon, Nathan, and the person they may think they know as Reverend Poole, exploring more deeply the questions at the core of Every Day and Another What is a soul? And what makes us human?
Every day a new body. Every day a new life. Every day a new choice.
For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person’s body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn’t anyone else who had a life like this.
But A was wrong. There are others.
A has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to — and what it’s like to discover that you are not alone in the world.
In Someday, David Levithan takes readers further into the lives of A, Rhiannon, Nathan, and the person they may think they know as Reverend Poole, exploring more deeply the questions at the core of Every Day and Another What is a soul? And what makes us human?
392 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 2, 2018
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David Levithan
119 books19.4k followersDavid Levithan (born 1972) is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.
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April 6, 2017so, the first book was called every day, the other book was called another day, I wonder if this book will be called some day...
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Update 2017- just saw it'll be called some day
- 2015Update 2017- just saw it'll be called some day
October 14, 2018
Every single day A becomes another person. The person's gender may change, their race may change, their age may fluctuate. Each day A has to navigate that person's life and try not to do any damage, simply stay the course so that no one around them notices anything different. It's a hard way to live, and A is lonely, longing to make a connection and feel the love that so many of the bodies they reside in get to feel.
One day, A met Rhiannon and felt that connection. But once you feel that, how can you give that away, even if that's the rule your life has always followed. After taking over the body of Nathan for one day, A had the chance to spend more time with Rhiannon, finally telling her the truth of why they can't be together. But that one day changes them irrevocably, and leaves them longing for more, for forever.
"What kind of rational person would ever believe the truth? Who wouldn't laugh when someone tells them it's possible to move from one body to another? That's how I reacted at first. The only reason I stopped being rational was because something irrational happened to me. And I knew it."
As A and Rhiannon try to find each other again, Rhiannon also has to decide whether disrupting her life and the lives of those around her is an adequate price to pursue a relationship which might never be able to fulfill. And as she explains to Nathan how the two of them are connected, she realizes there is so much more at stake. But how can she pass up that chance?
A always wondered whether they were the only one who has their kind of life, but it turns out they're not alone. Yet not all of those like A are resigned to living their lives the same way—at least one acts nefariously, causing wreck and ruin in the lives of those they inhabit.
"To love and be loved is to leave traces of permanence across an otherwise careless world."
In Someday , the third book in David Levithan's series of books featuring A, Levithan raises more existential and fundamental questions about life, love, connection, and the effects people have on our lives, sometimes without even realizing it. If you've read the other books in this series— Every Day (see my review) and Another Day (see my review)—you know you have to seriously suspend your disbelief to appreciate this story and feel the emotions the series piques.
Levithan is one of my favorite YA authors out there—he's written some of my all-time favorite books—and I love the way he tells a story. Yet while I absolutely loved the first two books in the series, this third book really left me wanting. Perhaps it was the multiple perspectives through which the story is narrated, perhaps it is the juxtaposition of what motivates A's character versus what motivates the character X, or perhaps it tries too hard to be more philosophical than the first two books. I guess this happens in many multi-book series, but I still was a bit disappointed.
If the concept of these books appeals to you, and you can suspend your disbelief, I'd highly recommend you read the first two books in the series. It's probably best you read them in order, because this book doesn't make as much sense without knowing what happened in the first two.
Even though I didn't like this book as much, I still love the concept, and I can't wait to see what Levithan comes up with next. It's definitely a refreshing spin on the angst-ridden issues we often see in YA novels.
See all of my reviews at itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com, or check out my list of the best books I read in 2017 at https://itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-best-books-i-read-in-2017.html.
One day, A met Rhiannon and felt that connection. But once you feel that, how can you give that away, even if that's the rule your life has always followed. After taking over the body of Nathan for one day, A had the chance to spend more time with Rhiannon, finally telling her the truth of why they can't be together. But that one day changes them irrevocably, and leaves them longing for more, for forever.
"What kind of rational person would ever believe the truth? Who wouldn't laugh when someone tells them it's possible to move from one body to another? That's how I reacted at first. The only reason I stopped being rational was because something irrational happened to me. And I knew it."
As A and Rhiannon try to find each other again, Rhiannon also has to decide whether disrupting her life and the lives of those around her is an adequate price to pursue a relationship which might never be able to fulfill. And as she explains to Nathan how the two of them are connected, she realizes there is so much more at stake. But how can she pass up that chance?
A always wondered whether they were the only one who has their kind of life, but it turns out they're not alone. Yet not all of those like A are resigned to living their lives the same way—at least one acts nefariously, causing wreck and ruin in the lives of those they inhabit.
"To love and be loved is to leave traces of permanence across an otherwise careless world."
In Someday , the third book in David Levithan's series of books featuring A, Levithan raises more existential and fundamental questions about life, love, connection, and the effects people have on our lives, sometimes without even realizing it. If you've read the other books in this series— Every Day (see my review) and Another Day (see my review)—you know you have to seriously suspend your disbelief to appreciate this story and feel the emotions the series piques.
Levithan is one of my favorite YA authors out there—he's written some of my all-time favorite books—and I love the way he tells a story. Yet while I absolutely loved the first two books in the series, this third book really left me wanting. Perhaps it was the multiple perspectives through which the story is narrated, perhaps it is the juxtaposition of what motivates A's character versus what motivates the character X, or perhaps it tries too hard to be more philosophical than the first two books. I guess this happens in many multi-book series, but I still was a bit disappointed.
If the concept of these books appeals to you, and you can suspend your disbelief, I'd highly recommend you read the first two books in the series. It's probably best you read them in order, because this book doesn't make as much sense without knowing what happened in the first two.
Even though I didn't like this book as much, I still love the concept, and I can't wait to see what Levithan comes up with next. It's definitely a refreshing spin on the angst-ridden issues we often see in YA novels.
See all of my reviews at itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com, or check out my list of the best books I read in 2017 at https://itseithersadnessoreuphoria.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-best-books-i-read-in-2017.html.
July 6, 2020
An unnecessary but enjoyable follow-up to the masterpiece Every Day. I’m such an ‘Every Day’ fan that I even gobbled up ‘Another Day’ which is nothing more than a re-telling from Rhiannon’s POV.
Rhiannon is central in this book as well, and the love story element is revisited. ‘A’ must self-examine what is right and wrong with her powers—for lack of a better word—and how to choose between herself, the body she inhabits, and true love. Showing stark contrast to her persuasions is the villain who uses and abuses his hosts.
A large amount of energy is devoted to the mechanics of A’s condition, but no twist or surprise really comes from all that discussion. It does tarnish the themes of the first book a bit. Rather than let the premise function as a kind of metaphor—a what if question dramatized—we get into the gritty facts of the condition. In consequence, it feels way more sci-fi than necessary.
There are some fabulous chapters where A merely spends a day in the life of unique characters. Once again Levithan delivers the goods, making us understand what it’s like to be in the shoes of kids from all walks of life.
If you’re someone who must have a stronger resolution after reading the first book, then this one will give you an ending to the story. If you’re someone who found Every Day satisfying as an abstract study in empathy, you might be slightly annoyed by the new developments. Overall, though, I can’t imagine any fans of the series being disappointed.
Feel free to leave a comment if you agree or disagree. I adore this series and would love discussing it with others!
Rhiannon is central in this book as well, and the love story element is revisited. ‘A’ must self-examine what is right and wrong with her powers—for lack of a better word—and how to choose between herself, the body she inhabits, and true love. Showing stark contrast to her persuasions is the villain who uses and abuses his hosts.
A large amount of energy is devoted to the mechanics of A’s condition, but no twist or surprise really comes from all that discussion. It does tarnish the themes of the first book a bit. Rather than let the premise function as a kind of metaphor—a what if question dramatized—we get into the gritty facts of the condition. In consequence, it feels way more sci-fi than necessary.
There are some fabulous chapters where A merely spends a day in the life of unique characters. Once again Levithan delivers the goods, making us understand what it’s like to be in the shoes of kids from all walks of life.
If you’re someone who must have a stronger resolution after reading the first book, then this one will give you an ending to the story. If you’re someone who found Every Day satisfying as an abstract study in empathy, you might be slightly annoyed by the new developments. Overall, though, I can’t imagine any fans of the series being disappointed.
Feel free to leave a comment if you agree or disagree. I adore this series and would love discussing it with others!
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August 24, 2018WHEN WILL THIS BE A THING
September 11, 2016
i have this feeling that the next book is going to be called...Today.
May 8, 2019
The best way to describe how I feel after finishing this book is that it was such a letdown, because it COULD have been so good.
I enjoyed Every Day, and I think the reason was that it was 100% a cheesy love story with an interesting obstacle for the characters - one of them changes bodies every day. It was weird, it was sci-fi, but it didn't try to be anything other than a cheesy love story and that was fine.
Someday, however, gave us just enough of a taste of what it COULD be, that I was so annoyed with the cheesy love story. Seriously, there was so much missed opportunity here for amazingness but instead A and Rhiannon again took the front seat. Which I guess would have been ok if that's all it was like the first one. But the author introduced us to so many more characters who were so much more interesting than A and Rhiannon that I stopped wanting to read about them and wanted to know more about the others. And yet the others were mentioned for one chapter at a time and then never mentioned again. It did nothing other than whet my appetite for what could have been an amazing story about ALL of the people out there who switch bodies, and how their stories intertwine, and how some are bad and some are good, with a little A and Rhiannon love story sprinkled in among those stories. It would have been better to leave this out completely so I didn't know what I was missing, or to focus more on it because it seems like an awesome story that wasn't told.
Besides the fact that they were in the spotlight when I wish they had been somewhat in the sidelines, A and especially Rhiannon did things that made me so aggravated. Especially Rhiannon's treatment of Alexander, stringing him along when she really wants to be with A, and also not appreciating that Alexander is such a good boyfriend that she wants to give up for A who would honestly not be a good boyfriend. It was annoying.
On the bright side, it was really well written. One specific example that comes to mind was the chapter when A is in the body of Alvin, who I assume has severe ADHD or something along those lines even though it's never said. That chapter was literally exhausting to read, and it felt like being in a head where too many thoughts were happening all at once. It was very well-written. And as I mentioned before, the small glimpses we got of M, Dawn, Helmut, Aemon, Morris, Mona, and of course X, short as they were, were so well done they left me wishing this had been a different book.
It's such a strange feeling wishing I had read the same book written by the same author...but just not this one. There's a better story in this book that was not written and that kind of has me hoping there is a third book.
I enjoyed Every Day, and I think the reason was that it was 100% a cheesy love story with an interesting obstacle for the characters - one of them changes bodies every day. It was weird, it was sci-fi, but it didn't try to be anything other than a cheesy love story and that was fine.
Someday, however, gave us just enough of a taste of what it COULD be, that I was so annoyed with the cheesy love story. Seriously, there was so much missed opportunity here for amazingness but instead A and Rhiannon again took the front seat. Which I guess would have been ok if that's all it was like the first one. But the author introduced us to so many more characters who were so much more interesting than A and Rhiannon that I stopped wanting to read about them and wanted to know more about the others. And yet the others were mentioned for one chapter at a time and then never mentioned again. It did nothing other than whet my appetite for what could have been an amazing story about ALL of the people out there who switch bodies, and how their stories intertwine, and how some are bad and some are good, with a little A and Rhiannon love story sprinkled in among those stories. It would have been better to leave this out completely so I didn't know what I was missing, or to focus more on it because it seems like an awesome story that wasn't told.
Besides the fact that they were in the spotlight when I wish they had been somewhat in the sidelines, A and especially Rhiannon did things that made me so aggravated. Especially Rhiannon's treatment of Alexander, stringing him along when she really wants to be with A, and also not appreciating that Alexander is such a good boyfriend that she wants to give up for A who would honestly not be a good boyfriend. It was annoying.
On the bright side, it was really well written. One specific example that comes to mind was the chapter when A is in the body of Alvin, who I assume has severe ADHD or something along those lines even though it's never said. That chapter was literally exhausting to read, and it felt like being in a head where too many thoughts were happening all at once. It was very well-written. And as I mentioned before, the small glimpses we got of M, Dawn, Helmut, Aemon, Morris, Mona, and of course X, short as they were, were so well done they left me wishing this had been a different book.
It's such a strange feeling wishing I had read the same book written by the same author...but just not this one. There's a better story in this book that was not written and that kind of has me hoping there is a third book.
August 1, 2019
3.5 stars
I love David Levithan.
I really do.
But when you create the most perfect character ever, you don't go and write a sequel that turns him into anything less.
I wasn't moved by the story.
A's voice was still very much loveable, but I felt its importance and impact were being suffocated by all the other POVs.
It was just a book, when it could've been another masterpiece.
I love David Levithan.
I really do.
But when you create the most perfect character ever, you don't go and write a sequel that turns him into anything less.
I wasn't moved by the story.
A's voice was still very much loveable, but I felt its importance and impact were being suffocated by all the other POVs.
It was just a book, when it could've been another masterpiece.
September 11, 2018
This was such a fascinating conclusion to A and Riannon’s story. I enjoyed how David set it up and took what the movie set up to the next level. Plus the number of Trump/Conservative digs was excellent.
October 14, 2018
I think David Levithan does narrative better than anyone else in YA. Truly. These characters feel so unbelievably real. Their thoughts are my thoughts. This is authentic. I have half of it highlighted.
The main difference between this book and the first, I think, is that in the first book the people A inhabited were people we were meant to empathize with and care for. Whereas with this novel I believe the author didn’t want us to become attached to or focus on those characters entirely but rather focus our attention on A and Rhiannon’s complicated relationship.
I need another book. One more. A trilogy. Call it TODAY. We could meet some of the other people like A and maybe get some proper origin answers. I want to know the science behind everything.
This has to be the most underrated YA series out there. Do yourself a favour and try it out. Especially if you feel lost in this world. This book is for you.
The main difference between this book and the first, I think, is that in the first book the people A inhabited were people we were meant to empathize with and care for. Whereas with this novel I believe the author didn’t want us to become attached to or focus on those characters entirely but rather focus our attention on A and Rhiannon’s complicated relationship.
I need another book. One more. A trilogy. Call it TODAY. We could meet some of the other people like A and maybe get some proper origin answers. I want to know the science behind everything.
This has to be the most underrated YA series out there. Do yourself a favour and try it out. Especially if you feel lost in this world. This book is for you.
November 29, 2018
3.5-3.75/5
Some parts were REALLY GOOD
some parts made me really disappointed because book one is one of my all time favorite books and this doesn’t give it justice as a sequel.
This had SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL
Ps: Liam and peter deserve their own adaptation :,)
Some parts were REALLY GOOD
some parts made me really disappointed because book one is one of my all time favorite books and this doesn’t give it justice as a sequel.
This had SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL
Ps: Liam and peter deserve their own adaptation :,)
November 16, 2018
Nach meinem Lebens-Lesehighlight, den der erste Teil dargestellt hat, musste ich natürlich wissen, wie es weitergeht. Someday bietet immer noch die gleichen philosophischen Gedanken, sympathischen Charaktere und außergewöhnliche Situationen wie der Vorgänger, krankt aber an einer etwas unnötigen Thriller-Story, die das letzte Drittel dominiert. Dass die Welt hier noch weiter 'geöffnet' wurde war nicht unbedingt förderlich für die allgemeine Story, doch trotzdem ist und bleibt diese Reihe eine der faszinierendsten Geschichten, die ich je gelesen habe. Sie bringt einen zum mitfiebern, lachen, weinen und vor allem zum Nachdenken. Großes Kino!
November 30, 2015
REAL OR NOT REAL? WELL, THANKS THE UNIVERSE. I NEED A CLOSURE BEFORE MY LIFE ENDS. *throws oreo everywhere
November 8, 2018
Someday by David Levithan is such a gift to fans of the first two books in the series. This third book in the Every Day series takes the story into a new direction and digs deeper into what it means to be human. The characters are interesting and the political aspects that are woven into the plot give the series an updated point of view.
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April 19, 2019
I read Every Day in a day. I loved the story and the concept and how it addressed diversity and fluidity in identity. Considering how it ended I was soo eager to get my hands on Someday.
And what an utter disappointment. If you're looking for answers to the questions the ending of Every Day left you with then don't bother with this book. The dialogues in the end with X shouldve been the beginning of the book, not the end. There shouldve been a freaking PLOT! A storyline. Something happening.
But no. This was a book of endless "We should be together", "No we shouldnt be together", "We have to be together", "We cant be together". All that couldve been shown to the reader with couple of pages of dialogue not entire freaking book. And then add the freaking love triangle where its basically cheating and trying to justify that with "being able to love many people at once". Yes you may love many people at once but all the participants should be aware of that then.
I just can't deal with it.
And what an utter disappointment. If you're looking for answers to the questions the ending of Every Day left you with then don't bother with this book. The dialogues in the end with X shouldve been the beginning of the book, not the end. There shouldve been a freaking PLOT! A storyline. Something happening.
But no. This was a book of endless "We should be together", "No we shouldnt be together", "We have to be together", "We cant be together". All that couldve been shown to the reader with couple of pages of dialogue not entire freaking book. And then add the freaking love triangle where its basically cheating and trying to justify that with "being able to love many people at once". Yes you may love many people at once but all the participants should be aware of that then.
I just can't deal with it.
February 13, 2019
I won't say much , I am not satisfied with the ending but its not the worst ending ever. I loved the first book of this trilogy because to my view then this was something no one had tried to do before in a series, I still think that but I think book 2 and now book 3 were not as groundbreaking as the first one but they kept my interest. I gladly recommend this trilogy to anyone both in my library and in this website.
November 7, 2018
(3.5 STARS)
January 8, 2020
With Someday being the final book in the Every Day trilogy, it is safe to say that this review will have spoilers. If you didn’t know, or have the fortune of living under a rock, Every Day is about a person who goes by the name of A that wakes up in a different body every single day. That’s the title, get it? A meets Rhiannon who they fall in love with and Rhi falls in love back. Unfortunately A grows guilty of robbing the days of each person they become and decides to run away. With some more events going on like an evil Reverend, we finally get to the final book.
In this one, Rhiannon decides that enough is enough and she wants to be in contact with A. Meanwhile, A comes to realize that there are other people like them around the world and that maybe they’re not so alone as they once thought. Mixed in this romantic tale is a story about what it means to be someone. The first book was released in 2012, back when non binary wasn’t as big of a deal or as out in the open as it is today. Along with Pansexuality, which I identify with. But in 2020, the book was released in 2018 when things came out more, those terms mean so much more in this book and its predecessors.
A and people like A, can be considered non binary in a way, and by that I mean they’re not female or male but they just are. They’re They. Some go by male pronouns while others go by females, but A goes with the flow. And it’s beautiful to see that gender isn’t of importance to them. Which is where Pansexuality comes in. While A falls for Rhiannon, Rhiannon falls for A who is constantly changing. But she falls for their soul and who they are instead of what body they’re in and it describes me perfectly. It doesn’t matter what the person is or what they look like. We need kindness, open hearts, laughter and every other positive word out there to be happy.
David Levithan never ceases to surprise me with the way he makes us connect with these characters and how he’s able to put us, or at least me, in the books so deeply. There was one scene where A is in Washington DC during the March For Equality, and they look around to see the thousands and maybe even millions of people around them. And they recognize some of those people as people they’ve been in the past and with the way David describes everything you get to see the true beauty of what it means to be human. Of the peace and love that we are able to hold but continue to fight for because of cold hearted people out there.
I went in wanting to reach the end of A’s journey but I got out wanting to know more about them. Because that’s the beauty of Someday. It makes you realize that humanity is beautiful, that everyone is so important on this Earth that to take one out would be to throw off the balance. Yes, there are evil people out there but just imagine if they turned their hateful ways into loving actions. How powerful their impact would be. And David has the talent of creating so many characters that you see for split seconds when A embodies them, and yet they’re so rich and full of life that you have to think these are real people.
Thinking more about it, I think this might be my favorite David Levithan book yet. It makes me hopefully in the midst of war and disasters that we humans might stand a chance on making things better. While one person can’t change the world, they can make an impact on their friends, that make an impact on their friends. It’s just crazy to think that I got all of this from a book about two teenagers who can’t take no for an answer.
In this one, Rhiannon decides that enough is enough and she wants to be in contact with A. Meanwhile, A comes to realize that there are other people like them around the world and that maybe they’re not so alone as they once thought. Mixed in this romantic tale is a story about what it means to be someone. The first book was released in 2012, back when non binary wasn’t as big of a deal or as out in the open as it is today. Along with Pansexuality, which I identify with. But in 2020, the book was released in 2018 when things came out more, those terms mean so much more in this book and its predecessors.
A and people like A, can be considered non binary in a way, and by that I mean they’re not female or male but they just are. They’re They. Some go by male pronouns while others go by females, but A goes with the flow. And it’s beautiful to see that gender isn’t of importance to them. Which is where Pansexuality comes in. While A falls for Rhiannon, Rhiannon falls for A who is constantly changing. But she falls for their soul and who they are instead of what body they’re in and it describes me perfectly. It doesn’t matter what the person is or what they look like. We need kindness, open hearts, laughter and every other positive word out there to be happy.
David Levithan never ceases to surprise me with the way he makes us connect with these characters and how he’s able to put us, or at least me, in the books so deeply. There was one scene where A is in Washington DC during the March For Equality, and they look around to see the thousands and maybe even millions of people around them. And they recognize some of those people as people they’ve been in the past and with the way David describes everything you get to see the true beauty of what it means to be human. Of the peace and love that we are able to hold but continue to fight for because of cold hearted people out there.
I went in wanting to reach the end of A’s journey but I got out wanting to know more about them. Because that’s the beauty of Someday. It makes you realize that humanity is beautiful, that everyone is so important on this Earth that to take one out would be to throw off the balance. Yes, there are evil people out there but just imagine if they turned their hateful ways into loving actions. How powerful their impact would be. And David has the talent of creating so many characters that you see for split seconds when A embodies them, and yet they’re so rich and full of life that you have to think these are real people.
Thinking more about it, I think this might be my favorite David Levithan book yet. It makes me hopefully in the midst of war and disasters that we humans might stand a chance on making things better. While one person can’t change the world, they can make an impact on their friends, that make an impact on their friends. It’s just crazy to think that I got all of this from a book about two teenagers who can’t take no for an answer.
May 21, 2019
I loved Everyday (the first book of this series). So I snatched up Someday without thinking. Hoping for the same awesomeness David Levithan delivers in the first book. Boy I was wrong.
I feel like A posses me on my body when I reading Someday. And when I woke up on my own self, I have no idea what is going on. Nor remember that I read Someday. In Someday, the story gets more and more tangle. I do not know who is possessing who. And its getting difficult to keep track of whats is going on.
At the end, I just want to close this book and be done with it. I managed to finish it but I also feel exhausted after reading this. I am also sad that Someday does not meet my expectation. I just wish Mr Levithan just leaves it like that on Everyday.
2 stars
I feel like A posses me on my body when I reading Someday. And when I woke up on my own self, I have no idea what is going on. Nor remember that I read Someday. In Someday, the story gets more and more tangle. I do not know who is possessing who. And its getting difficult to keep track of whats is going on.
At the end, I just want to close this book and be done with it. I managed to finish it but I also feel exhausted after reading this. I am also sad that Someday does not meet my expectation. I just wish Mr Levithan just leaves it like that on Everyday.
2 stars
Want to read
November 27, 2018officially putting this on pause for an unknown length of time because I do want to eventually read this, ha ha, someday, but I just cannot get into it at this particular point
February 13, 2024
“The whole point of love is to write your own version of normal”
“Love may change forms, but it never goes away”
So these following quotes perfectly summarize the third installment of the “Every Day” series which finds our interchangeable hero, A, finally meeting his match- X, a hyper-masculine entity who possesses the body of teenager Wyatt.
Rhiannon, Nathan and the former Reverend Poole all show up again in this book, and the love between A and Rhiannon is tested one last time in a tearjerking end. Not as contrived as Another Day, but lacking the romanticism that made Every Day a romantic classic for the ages, Someday is somewhere in between.
But I do wish that Mr. Levithan should have not written “Every Day” as a trilogy.
“Love may change forms, but it never goes away”
So these following quotes perfectly summarize the third installment of the “Every Day” series which finds our interchangeable hero, A, finally meeting his match- X, a hyper-masculine entity who possesses the body of teenager Wyatt.
Rhiannon, Nathan and the former Reverend Poole all show up again in this book, and the love between A and Rhiannon is tested one last time in a tearjerking end. Not as contrived as Another Day, but lacking the romanticism that made Every Day a romantic classic for the ages, Someday is somewhere in between.
But I do wish that Mr. Levithan should have not written “Every Day” as a trilogy.
January 24, 2019
I NEED IT
I NEED MY SHIP
in the meantime i will sit quietly in that corner over there chanting my ship names to bear the wait
I NEED MY SHIP
in the meantime i will sit quietly in that corner over there chanting my ship names to bear the wait
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February 4, 2018I'm ready for this. Please, don't be as disappointing as Another Day.
February 7, 2021
Someday is the final book of the Every Day series by David Levithan. I stayed with it to the end, hoping for answers to questions and a big breath of ?wind? to clear away the clouds. I was disappointed that no wind came across my pages. There was some vague hinting.
The clarifications that were given didn't make me happy. I had been intrigued by the ideas presented in the first few books, and because of the generally well-behaved "A" all my alarms were calmed. This book had more of these entities, not so well behaved, in fact disturbing. I wanted that explained and cleaned up. If that happened, I missed it, in spite of a wrap up by "A" that I think was supposed to appease a reader like me.
Or I may have missed the boat entirely. All I know is I've fulfilled my function as reader on this series, and am moving on.
3 stars for fair-to-middlin' read - some things to like some things to not like.
The clarifications that were given didn't make me happy. I had been intrigued by the ideas presented in the first few books, and because of the generally well-behaved "A" all my alarms were calmed. This book had more of these entities, not so well behaved, in fact disturbing. I wanted that explained and cleaned up. If that happened, I missed it, in spite of a wrap up by "A" that I think was supposed to appease a reader like me.
Or I may have missed the boat entirely. All I know is I've fulfilled my function as reader on this series, and am moving on.
3 stars for fair-to-middlin' read - some things to like some things to not like.
May 21, 2019
And this is the end of what probably is my favorite series of all time. I absolutely loved the Every Day series and the last book, despite what a lot of other people think, surprised me in so many ways.
This series is not only a story about A, about how hard it is to wake up in a different body every day. It's about love, and life, and our differences, and our similarities, and what makes us human, and why we are all here.
I loved this. And I really want to read this again already.
Now, as usual, some quotes I loved from the book:
Don't underestimate the gift of someone who smiles every time they see you.
We’re told that the most powerful words in the world are “I love you.” And while I think those are powerful, I think equally powerful is this phrase: I have started to know you, and I want to know more.
I don't deserve you, I think. But I already know what his answer to that would be:
Love should never be thought of in terms of deserving.
There are some days you know ahead of time are going to be important, but most of the important ones end up catching you by surprise. the best thing to do is to treat all your days well. Then see what happens.
I want to love. I want to love indiscriminately - people, places, and things. But not just those. I want to love verbs. Adjectives. I want to love beyond category. Because, in my heart, I know that's what I was born to do. And life? Life is just the time I have to figure out how to do it well.
You don't need to commit to forever, or even to tomorrow. But commit to right now.
If you read all of this, read thebook series.
This series is not only a story about A, about how hard it is to wake up in a different body every day. It's about love, and life, and our differences, and our similarities, and what makes us human, and why we are all here.
I loved this. And I really want to read this again already.
Now, as usual, some quotes I loved from the book:
Don't underestimate the gift of someone who smiles every time they see you.
We’re told that the most powerful words in the world are “I love you.” And while I think those are powerful, I think equally powerful is this phrase: I have started to know you, and I want to know more.
I don't deserve you, I think. But I already know what his answer to that would be:
Love should never be thought of in terms of deserving.
There are some days you know ahead of time are going to be important, but most of the important ones end up catching you by surprise. the best thing to do is to treat all your days well. Then see what happens.
I want to love. I want to love indiscriminately - people, places, and things. But not just those. I want to love verbs. Adjectives. I want to love beyond category. Because, in my heart, I know that's what I was born to do. And life? Life is just the time I have to figure out how to do it well.
You don't need to commit to forever, or even to tomorrow. But commit to right now.
If you read all of this, read the
January 31, 2019
"The best thing to do is to treat all your days well. Then see what happens." -Nathan
Do you know that feeling you get after you get done reading a book that your life may never be the same? I got that after reading this entire series. I just finished reading Someday last night, and I'm still trying to catch my breath.
David Levithan (as I said so many times before) is a GENIUS for creating such a unique world where some souls are born without having a body of their own. I find the world very creative. As much as the characters I've journeyed and fallen in love with; A especially. However, I still can't help but continue to question A's being. I didn't get my answers from the first book. Nor did I get them as I had hoped to from the third. Even though the questions were mentioned from the characters (A and X) themselves, they just weren't answered clearly enough. Perhaps none of it matters, really. Maybe, just maybe, what David wanted was to keep A's being a mystery. If that's the case, he excelled. Either way, I'm honored to have read this series. They are definitely my most favorite.
Do you know that feeling you get after you get done reading a book that your life may never be the same? I got that after reading this entire series. I just finished reading Someday last night, and I'm still trying to catch my breath.
David Levithan (as I said so many times before) is a GENIUS for creating such a unique world where some souls are born without having a body of their own. I find the world very creative. As much as the characters I've journeyed and fallen in love with; A especially. However, I still can't help but continue to question A's being. I didn't get my answers from the first book. Nor did I get them as I had hoped to from the third. Even though the questions were mentioned from the characters (A and X) themselves, they just weren't answered clearly enough. Perhaps none of it matters, really. Maybe, just maybe, what David wanted was to keep A's being a mystery. If that's the case, he excelled. Either way, I'm honored to have read this series. They are definitely my most favorite.
November 2, 2024
1,5⭐
Przysięgam, że ta książka była niesamowicie nudna, nic się tutaj nie działo.
Sama końcówka (czyli ostatnie 20 stron) podniosła moją ocenę o pół gwiazdki. Ale naprawdę jeśli zastanawiacie się nad sięgnięciem po ten tom, aby poznać finał, to odradzam. Równie dobrze historia ta mogłaby się zakończyć na pierwszym tomie, a ile czasu i nerwów by mi to zaoszczędziło! Rozczarowałam się i żałuję, że nie zrobiłam jednak tego dnf-u 🫤
Przysięgam, że ta książka była niesamowicie nudna, nic się tutaj nie działo.
Sama końcówka (czyli ostatnie 20 stron) podniosła moją ocenę o pół gwiazdki. Ale naprawdę jeśli zastanawiacie się nad sięgnięciem po ten tom, aby poznać finał, to odradzam. Równie dobrze historia ta mogłaby się zakończyć na pierwszym tomie, a ile czasu i nerwów by mi to zaoszczędziło! Rozczarowałam się i żałuję, że nie zrobiłam jednak tego dnf-u 🫤
July 4, 2020
There are spoilers ahead for Every Day. For as long as they can remember, A has woken up in a different body every day. They thought they’d live a life alone with that secret until they fell in love with Rhiannon, the first person to ever know the truth about them. Then A discovered that they weren’t the only one like themselves–there were others out there, and despite the threat that the being who called himself Reverend Poole (X) presented, A finds it almost irresistible to talk to someone else who’s experienced the same thing. They might finally find answers to their questions: What are they? Where did they come from? And would it be possible to have a life with Rhiannon? Trigger warnings: death, injury, violence, threats, stalking.
My feelings about books don’t usually change over the course of the series, but this is easily my favorite in the trilogy. It’s not perfect, but I really like the way it’s done. The ensemble cast brings back A’s and Rhiannon’s voices, along with Nathan’s, X’s, and a few others who are like A and X. Ensemble casts can be hit or miss, but I really enjoyed having more voices in this story. As A is discovering more about themselves, we’re discovering that there are many more like them out there; it’s a sense that the world is only just beginning to open up. If there was something I didn’t like about that, it was that so much of the crossover among those voices only comes at the end, if it comes at all. It’s realistic, sure, but I like having the sense that everything is connected in my fiction.
If Another Day was Rhiannon’s learning experience, Someday is A’s. They have some difficult choices to make about whether to engage with X again, and what the right thing to do even is in that situation. X essentially kills people to stay for longer than a day in their bodies, but he is also the only one like them that A has ever met. Rhiannon’s transformation is nothing short of miraculous. She’s no longer the girl determined to hide herself in order to keep the peace. Her positive relationships with A and Alexander have helped her be the best version of herself, and she provides a steady compass of morality and truth for A, even while they navigate what their relationship is and how to move forward with it. X’s perspective is like peeking into the mind of a psychopath–no empathy, no remorse–and they’re a chilling look at what happens when someone like A goes the opposite direction. Since he can change bodies any time he likes, there’s no accountability. His conversations with A are genuinely frightful since they’re so at odds with how we know him from his own perspective; evil can sound so reasonable.
The pace is somewhat off. With A waking up in a different body every day, there have always been logistical problems with getting them and Rhiannon on the page together, but it’s worse here. The problem with splitting characters up at the end of a first novel is that Levithan is forced to spend half of this one bringing them back together, and not a lot happens in those pages. It feels a bit repetitive, especially since Rhiannon is going over basically the same issues she had with a relationship with A in the first book. That goes in a good direction though, and while it’s not what I expected, I like where they end up. I also like the further exploration of A’s gender identity and how it isn’t just being in different bodies that makes them nonbinary (X identifies as male regardless of the body he’s in). It’s a cool, unique way of looking at nongendered characters, and I always feel like Levithan approaches this and other issues with respect and insight. Someday is probably my favorite so far of his solo novels.
I review regularly at brightbeautifulthings.tumblr.com.
My feelings about books don’t usually change over the course of the series, but this is easily my favorite in the trilogy. It’s not perfect, but I really like the way it’s done. The ensemble cast brings back A’s and Rhiannon’s voices, along with Nathan’s, X’s, and a few others who are like A and X. Ensemble casts can be hit or miss, but I really enjoyed having more voices in this story. As A is discovering more about themselves, we’re discovering that there are many more like them out there; it’s a sense that the world is only just beginning to open up. If there was something I didn’t like about that, it was that so much of the crossover among those voices only comes at the end, if it comes at all. It’s realistic, sure, but I like having the sense that everything is connected in my fiction.
If Another Day was Rhiannon’s learning experience, Someday is A’s. They have some difficult choices to make about whether to engage with X again, and what the right thing to do even is in that situation. X essentially kills people to stay for longer than a day in their bodies, but he is also the only one like them that A has ever met. Rhiannon’s transformation is nothing short of miraculous. She’s no longer the girl determined to hide herself in order to keep the peace. Her positive relationships with A and Alexander have helped her be the best version of herself, and she provides a steady compass of morality and truth for A, even while they navigate what their relationship is and how to move forward with it. X’s perspective is like peeking into the mind of a psychopath–no empathy, no remorse–and they’re a chilling look at what happens when someone like A goes the opposite direction. Since he can change bodies any time he likes, there’s no accountability. His conversations with A are genuinely frightful since they’re so at odds with how we know him from his own perspective; evil can sound so reasonable.
The pace is somewhat off. With A waking up in a different body every day, there have always been logistical problems with getting them and Rhiannon on the page together, but it’s worse here. The problem with splitting characters up at the end of a first novel is that Levithan is forced to spend half of this one bringing them back together, and not a lot happens in those pages. It feels a bit repetitive, especially since Rhiannon is going over basically the same issues she had with a relationship with A in the first book. That goes in a good direction though, and while it’s not what I expected, I like where they end up. I also like the further exploration of A’s gender identity and how it isn’t just being in different bodies that makes them nonbinary (X identifies as male regardless of the body he’s in). It’s a cool, unique way of looking at nongendered characters, and I always feel like Levithan approaches this and other issues with respect and insight. Someday is probably my favorite so far of his solo novels.
I review regularly at brightbeautifulthings.tumblr.com.
November 7, 2018
It was nice reading this sequel. getting the characters back and remembering my days back in 2016 ( not that I'm old now but I feel I've accomplished a lot of things in the past two years especially reading many books ) okay so back to the review> I was expecting a lot more coming out of this book but unfortunately I didn't get ( all ) the answers to my questions. the book isn't that perfect but I'm very happy that I did read it. and please lets not talk about the wonderful writing style.
Want to read
November 2, 2015THANK THE GODS! I've been waiting for a sequel since I finished reading the first book a few years back when it first came out and it was recently reignited today when I finished reading Rhiannon's side of the story. I will be desperately waiting for the release of the book with my money in hand.
October 19, 2018
Going into Someday, I was excited to be back in this universe. I loved Every Day and Another Day. I've been waiting for this conclusion forever. I heavily disliked most it and almost gave it a terrible rating.
Then, I finished it. (X can still choke ) And I thought about it. And I thought about it some more. This wasn't just Rhiannon and A's story. This wasn't about Nathan. Or Alexander. It was a story about love and life. Life is messy. The love we have for the different people, with or without labels, in our lives, is what makes the messy worth it. Also, David Levithan should maybe teach some philosophy classes or be a life coach or something. 😉
I think I loved Rhiannon's character the most because she's constantly fighting her own mind and the life happening around her to find herself and understand herself without labels. I feel that on a spiratual level.
I would honestly even love a continuation of this universe. Whether it's a tv show or more books. Please give me a Liam and Peter spinoff. 🙏🏼💖
Then, I finished it. (X can still choke ) And I thought about it. And I thought about it some more. This wasn't just Rhiannon and A's story. This wasn't about Nathan. Or Alexander. It was a story about love and life. Life is messy. The love we have for the different people, with or without labels, in our lives, is what makes the messy worth it. Also, David Levithan should maybe teach some philosophy classes or be a life coach or something. 😉
I think I loved Rhiannon's character the most because she's constantly fighting her own mind and the life happening around her to find herself and understand herself without labels. I feel that on a spiratual level.
I would honestly even love a continuation of this universe. Whether it's a tv show or more books. Please give me a Liam and Peter spinoff. 🙏🏼💖
What I’m learning is that the heart has the capacity to love so many people. I used to think I had to give that capacity to just one person, and never hold back any love for myself. But how wrong I was. I can still have enough love left over for myself, to give me the strength to love all of these other people, to take on some of their burden as they take on some of mine.
Some days I’m up for the challenge.
Some days I need to catch my breath.
But it’s a long story we’re writing.
Even on the days when it’s hard, I know that someday it will be better.
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