Review: Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loved that Darius and his family travel to Iran to visit their ailing grandfather--the setting, the culture, and the food really made this novel awesome! Darius is teased a lot in Portland at his American high school. He doesn't fit in, his depression meds make him chunky, and he thinks too much about what everyone is saying about him. He's a lot like his father, who also suffers from depression, although Darius would never think so. To him, his "Teutonic" father is perfect, strong, and manly, and doesn't understand why Darius is bullied. When the family goes to Iran, Darius makes his first TRUE friend, although there may be some other type of attraction there, too (love how the book doesn't fully go there, and how that's okay for someone to just wonder). It's just such a sweet read. And now I want to visit Iran someday, because everything in this book makes it sound like a great place to visit.

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