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| Original Title: | Darius the Great Is Not Okay |
| ISBN: | 0525552960 (ISBN13: 9780525552963) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Darius The Great #1 |
| Setting: | Yazd(Iran) Portland, Oregon(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2019), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2020), Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult (2019), Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Literature for Young Adult Literature (2019), Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature (2019) Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction & Poetry Nominee (2019) |
Adib Khorram
Hardcover | Pages: 316 pages Rating: 4.27 | 11221 Users | 2618 Reviews
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| Title | : | Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great #1) |
| Author | : | Adib Khorram |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 316 pages |
| Published | : | August 28th 2018 by Dial Books |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Fiction. LGBT. Health. Mental Health |
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Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming--especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life. In Iran, he gets to know his ailing but still formidable grandfather, his loving grandmother, and the rest of his mom's family for the first time. And he meets Sohrab, the boy next door who changes everything.
Sohrab makes sure people speak English so Darius can understand what's going on. He gets Darius an Iranian National Football Team jersey that makes him feel like a True Persian for the first time. And he understands that sometimes, best friends don't have to talk. Darius has never had a true friend before, but now he's spending his days with Sohrab playing soccer, eating rosewater ice cream, and sitting together for hours in their special place, a rooftop overlooking the Yazdi skyline.
Sohrab calls him Darioush--the original Persian version of his name--and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. When it's time to go home to America, he'll have to find a way to be Darioush on his own.
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Ratings: 4.27 From 11221 Users | 2618 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great #1)
I used to stay away from YA but this year it's a different story. I have read many YA books this year, so I can safely says that I am not averse this genre as I used to be 2-3 years ago. I saw this book making rounds on my GR home page repeatedly and one fine Saturday I caved in and started reading this. I have to confess, to me blurb without "Iran" is the avg blurb that I read for this genre. This story revolves around Darius who is on his first visit to Iran to visit his ailing maternal grandSo who else read this title and immediately thought big mood? also, am I the only one getting so many Ari & Dante vibes from this book??
This was absolutely not what I thought it would be... But it doesn't mean it was bad (I think?).For some reason I picked it up thinking it would be an m/m romance. It isn't.And I am stating this straight away because I was led to believe it was, and i felt almost disappointed when some phrases were suggesting queerness but it was never stated as such. I don't want you to be disappointed. I don't want you going in to this book expecting boys falling in love. That's not what this is about.This is
3.5 stars This was a super solid YA contemporary and I really enjoyed it. It deals with mental health, cultural identity, toxic masculinity and complex relationships between family members. If youd be interested in seeing more of my thoughts check out my latest video where I do a full review!!https://youtu.be/twKuV5OUy4s
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/There are no bells and whistles for this one. Some books dont need them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay is the story of a young boy who takes a trip to Iran with his family when they discover his grandfather is terminally ill. Its about finding a place in the world when you feel like youre nothing but a social outcast. More importantly, its about clinical depression. And it is DONE. SO. WELL. You can tell the author struggles/has
WOW OKAY I liked this a heckin ton. This is the first book Ive ever read with an Iranian mc and I learned so many things about the culture that I never knew before! It was also just really well written and I will without a doubt read everything Khorram publishes in the future. So good!
Darius Kellner is what he likes to call a Fractional Persian as his mother was born and raised in Iran but his dad is white. Although he has a nightly ritual of watching Star Trek reruns with his father, the rest of the time Darius feels like he is a big disappointment to his dad. The family makes a trip to Iran to visit relatives and there Darius meets Sohrab, the teenage neighbor of his grandparents. This is a YA story of feeling like you don't belong and learning to accept who you are.I
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