Disney World? Forget it. I want to move to David Levithan World. And live there forever!
I've felt this way ever since I read Boy Meets Boy.
I wrote it in a post after listening to Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
But now I want to shout it from the cyber rooftops after reading Every Day.
A, a non-gendered protag, lives in a different body every day.
Here is a taste of what the protag says when he/she wakes up in a biologically female/male gender body:
If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it.
His protag also lands in the bodies of the drug addicted, depressed, suicidal, overweight, bullied, the poor, minorities, a mean girl, and a home-schooled kid...among many others.
As a writer, I'm so jealous. He's figured out a way to write a story from an amazingly unique perspective:
To walk in others' shoes, for just one day. And, most importantly, in the shoes of a person who does it all the time.
Is there anything more powerful?
Every person is a possibility. The hopeless romantics feel it most acutely, but even for others, the only way to keep going is to see every person as a possibility.
What about you? Read this one yet? Any David Levithan? Are you a hopeless romantic like me?
I have not read this, but i have enjoyed david levithan in my day. I've read WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON (the one he co-wrote with John Green) and THE LOVERS DICTIONARY which was pretty interesting.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing. I loved WILL GRAYSON and THE LOVER'S DICTIONARY.
ReplyDeleteI need to read this, stat! It sounds amazing.
ReplyDeleteI am definitely a hopeless romantic like you. :) I've been hearing a lot about this one and it really interests me. Will have to get to it soon!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to read this book! I had no idea what this one was about, but now I'm pushing it up the TBR!!! Thanks for posting about this!
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