DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY

First of all, it is a great book. It's about the daily life of this boy Darius when he ends up going to Iran to meet his grandparents for some reasons. There he meets Sohrab and his life starts to change. Second of all, I can't begin to describe how relatable Darius was. Going through clinical depression, getting bullied and mocked in his High School, having all those Father Issues and much more. I felt like I was reading about my life or what could have been in my life if I ended up in a different country having a vacation. This book did make us feel what it set out to do. It was soothing, calming and made us sit for a while and rethink ourselves. Absolutely loved it!

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Darius the Great is not okay is a book about a guy who feels lost in the world and how a friendship helps him. This book is an ownvoices for Persian heritage and depression. Darius is a Fractional Persian—half, his mom’s side—and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life. I really liked this book I related a lot to Darius and he also loves tea so he was on my good side from the start. We all know depression is not easy and representing it properly I think is even more hard but Adib Khorram did such a great job. Also all the description of Persian food , Irani tourist attractions was so beautiful and done well. I have lived In oman for 3 years where we also had our little Indian community so Darius experiences of living in America i find myself relating a lot to those. “Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ We say it when we miss somebody." I sniffed. "Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.” I am so finally a book with no HP refrences yessss this one was filled with refrences from LOTR and Star trek ( I guess I havent watched it but klingon is from there right ?) I also googled all the places and the food in the book which I suggest you do too Its really so amazing to see different cultures and their traditions which I wouldnt have otherwise SO Overall a grear freakin read Darius was such a great character I started with a big grin on my face and happily it ended with that too just some tears in between. i was kind of bummed by the ending felt a bit open so Im happy there is a sequel which Im starting like right now

I always describe Darius as 'The Kite Runner' meets 'Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe'. I think that line perfectly encapsulates all that this book is about. It speaks about father-son relationships, it speaks about mental health and depression, about lovely grandparents, toxic masculinity and soft queer boys and identity and sense of belonging, and the beauty of friendship when we have been used to being lonely. Please, if there's one book I would recommend to the entire world, it'd be this book (and its sequel!). Find me talking about books on my insta @ZanyAnomaly

All those tears and all. This book talks about so many things: the representation of mental health (depression, therapy, stigma and the discrimination towards it), multicultural representation, the Persian culture and tradition; food and tea love; family and friendship; the sibling dynamics; and yes, also handling bullying, body shaming; coming of age representation. It also shows how a family copes with a member suffering with brain cancer. It also deals with identity and belongingness. I got super attached to all the characters! There's nothing like ten other side characters. Every character is my family now. The good, the bad and the damn fathers. Father issues. Lots of it here. This book gave me a lot more than what I had expected. I cried buckets and buckets starting from page 2. A good book is always a good book no matter what. My heart is still burning.... Book memory: I hid the book under my pillows when there were only 10 pages left because I wasn't ready to get done with it so soon. Yes, NCT 127, ATEEZ, MCND, BTS helped me calm down in about 40 minutes and then I was able to finish reading it up. "My face was experiencing some extreme thermal flux of its own." Hahahah!!! This author made me laugh out loud and cry at the same time.

ポートランドに住む高校生ダリウス・ケルナーは、母親がイラン人で父親はドイツ系のアメリカ人。何をしてもうまくいかない、周りの期待に応えられない自分が嫌で、抗うつ剤を使っています。妹は母親が教えたペルシア語もちゃんと話せるのに、自分はほんの単語程度しかわからないなど、家でも何か居心地の悪い思いをしていて、学校ではいじめっ子のターゲットにされている始末です。 そんなとき、イランにいるおじいちゃんがもう長くないというので、生まれて初めて家族でイランに行くことになりました。あまり気の進まなかったイラン行きですが、祖父母の近所に住む同じ年頃のソーラブと出会い、生まれて初めて親友と呼べる存在を得ます。そしてあらゆることが変わりだします。 主人公ダリウスの名前は、アケメネス朝ペルシアのダレイオス1世から取られています。名前負けしているようにも感じているダリウスの、家族との関係や友人との関係、自分のアイデンティティの物語です。 笑いあり涙ありの素晴らしいストーリーで、たいへん気に入りました。 この本を読んで、イランにいつかぜひ行ってみたくなりました。この本に書かれている情景、イスラムの荘厳な建物から街の通りのような日常的な風景まで、見てみたいです。

"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression." This book was a solid 4 stars until the last page. Then it made me cry and that was it. Darius's story, the discovery of Iran, Persian culture, his friendship with Sorhab was really beautiful, endearing and touching. But it was the way depression is shown and the toll it takes on one's life and mind, without dramatising it, just by showing things as they are, that made this book really powerful and made me love it. I'm still shedding some tears from the after-read, but I just wanted to say, as someone who suffers from depression: Thank you.

A beautiful story that I got the chance to read for school, I just wanted to travel into the book and be Darius' friend. Characters came alive and his story made me relate to him so much. A must read for youth!

Prepare yourself for Darius the Great is Not Okay. You are about to fall in love with Dairouish, aka, Darius, a bullied, depressed, tea-making- obsessed, Lord-of-the-Rings and Star-Trek: The-Next-Generation-nerd who doesn't feel like he fits in at school, his family, or the world at large. He refers to himself as a Fractional Persian, his mother is Iranian and his father, Steven Kellner, is a blond-haired, blue-eyed white American. His adorable and precocious little sister, Laleh, is fluent in Farsi, and unlike him, converses easily with their Iranian grandparents over Skype. After a particularly humiliating bullying incident in which his bike seat was stolen and replaced with a pair of truck nuts, i.e., blue rubber testicles, Darius learns that the family is going to Iran to meet his grandparents in person. His grandfather is terminally ill. This story tackles chronic depression, body image, antidepressants, bullying, identity formation, cross-cultural issues, loneliness, and the emotional turmoil of growing up. This is not your average angsty, teenage dramedy with a Disney-esque ending. First time author, Adhib Khorram, captures Darisus's sensitivity, confusion, and self-doubt with honesty and humor. He reframes sudden mood swings as Mood Slingshot Maneuvers, crying as Containment Breaches, and bullies as Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy. On finding the right medication: "That was before Dr. Howell switched me off Prozac, which gave me mood swings so extreme, they were more like Mood Slingshot Maneuvers, powerful enough to fling me around the sun and accelerate me into a time warp." (33) Darius is surprised at the depth of his grandparents love for him and his love for them. He discovers the true motivation behind his father's "disappointment" in him. He experiences real friendship for the first time with a boy named Sohrab, a boy who laughs and loves as easily as Darius anguishes and controls. Although the relationship with Sohrab remains platonic, Darius has moments of allowing himself to examine his own sexual orientation. This is a stand alone book, but I would love to see how Darius continues to explore his romantic feelings as a college student and young adult. After reading the book, I knew that I had to hear the correct pronunciations, accents, and inflections. Michel Levi Harris's narration showcases the gorgeous Farsi language and captures the nuanced emotions of the characters. Darius the Great is Not Okay is rich, complex, authentic, and informative. Read it. Listen to it. Or both.

i related to it very much as it talks slightly about weight, mental health, belonging ,and how it feels having two nationalities but not feeling that you belong in neither.