"It's okay to take a break. You can't push yourself too hard. . . . Because you could push yourself to a place you can't get back from."



How can simple words extract so many feelings? Six Earlier Days is full of . . . I don't even know what word to use with this.



SED (can I just call this SED?) is a quick read. I read it in one and a half hour, but I'm assuming you could finish it in an hour or less (I'm not a fast reader.



Before I read the novella (novelette?), I thought there would be some gi

"It's okay to take a break. You can't push yourself too hard. . . . Because you could push yourself to a place you can't get back from."



How can simple words extract so many feelings? Six Earlier Days is full of . . . I don't even know what word to use with this.



SED (can I just call this SED?) is a quick read. I read it in one and a half hour, but I'm assuming you could finish it in an hour or less (I'm not a fast reader.



Before I read the novella (novelette?), I thought there would be some given information about A's being, but there weren't any. And I wasn't disappointed, because it is still freaking worth it. "Think of this as A recounting a few passing moments from his past," wrote David Levithan on the Author's Note. You may think that this is unnecessary. Yes, it is, and no, it isn't; this is a must-read.



These six days seemed to me as six different stories, all narrated by A. Each day features a different life of different situation. It was really great, for there is also the sadness that A feels; he may love that life, but he knows that one day is his only limit.



As I've said at the beginning, there are some sentences that consist of simple words but used beautifully which gave them a huge depth and emotion. Levithan's use of words is exquisite in a simple way (it doesn't make sense, does it? Okay). He sure can tug at one's heartstrings.



A great read from David Levithan.



"I'm afraid to draw caricatures myself—it's one thing if you know the people, but capturing them purely by sight, without any knowledge of who they are, can be dangerous. The wrong things can come out when you view a body as just a body, a face as just a face."



(Before I wrote the review, I was kind of torn apart between giving this 4 stars and 5 star. And—hey!— there it is: 5 stars!)