A Wonderful Mature Contemporary YA Book With All The Cultural Feels....
Darius The Great Is Not Okay.....a wonderful title to a really good book. Author Adib Khorram brings us a contemporary YA book that is unique and chock full of culture with some LGBTQ elements to it. It's a wonderful read from start to end.
So much Persian culture in this book...the story is unique that we see the life of this young person and as he maneuvers his way back into a world he is technically from but does not know first hand about. There is so much to learn as the character in this story....so much to learn as the reader of this book. Darius a very young man...coming of age...trying to figure himself out....now has to figure out not only who he is as an individual but also who he is as a Persian American....in a world so far from what he has been accustomed to. Life in Iran is not an easy one especially when you've grown accustomed to American ways.....and Darius is a wonderful character for us to see through the eyes of..as he copes...and discovers more about himself. Darius is such an endearing character..it's so easy to fall in love with him....to root for him....to want to see how he turns out....and how he makes his way.
Highly recommend.
Thanks to author Adib Khorram and to Dial books for my free copy of this book via giveaway. I received. I read. I reviewed this book with honesty and voluntarily.
So much Persian culture in this book...the story is unique that we see the life of this young person and as he maneuvers his way back into a world he is technically from but does not know first hand about. There is so much to learn as the character in this story....so much to learn as the reader of this book. Darius a very young man...coming of age...trying to figure himself out....now has to figure out not only who he is as an individual but also who he is as a Persian American....in a world so far from what he has been accustomed to. Life in Iran is not an easy one especially when you've grown accustomed to American ways.....and Darius is a wonderful character for us to see through the eyes of..as he copes...and discovers more about himself. Darius is such an endearing character..it's so easy to fall in love with him....to root for him....to want to see how he turns out....and how he makes his way.
Highly recommend.
Thanks to author Adib Khorram and to Dial books for my free copy of this book via giveaway. I received. I read. I reviewed this book with honesty and voluntarily.