This was just great. He is a master of the love story. And dipping his toe into the Fantasy-Genre pool (ok, "Wide Awake" was kind of a Fantasy, for now--you gotta read it to find out why I say that), he totally nails the cross-genre storytelling. Strong characters that all ring true with round personalities. "A" is the same person day after day...in a different body. He/she wakes up in a new town in a new body every day. It's been going on for as long as he/she can remember. There are rules, but when he/she wakes up in the body of Justin...and meets Rhiannon the rules get thrown out the door.
Big issues (gender, sexuality, right and wrong, origins of true love...) get addressed. They make you think, but they never stick out like they do when you're in the hands of a less skilled author.
There is vivid writing that's so down to earth...when reading Richard Feynman, my dad says it's like reading a book he wrote himself. That is kind of the way I feel when I read David's novels especially this time: Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill" (a personal favorite song)
figures in the tale...and Alice Hoffman's books (another favorite author of mine) appear in the story...and then there's the the fact that I stole Judy Blume books from my sister. You'll have to read this to find out how that figures in.
this is a great read, I never wanted to put down...and one I would recommend to nearly everyone