Match BookEvery Day
David Levithan
2012 · 322 pages · Young adult
How it reads
Every Day is young adult (paranormal romance, specifically), and its dominant mood is romantic. The relationship is the engine of the story. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in several locations, in the present day, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are identity, love and coming of age. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is bittersweet: it resolves, but at a price. At 322 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something romantic
- you want a complete story in one book
- you're drawn to stories about identity
Maybe not if…
- you need something eerie or tense
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- young adult
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- romantic
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- well known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- identity, love, coming of age
- Ending style
- bittersweet
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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