This book is fantastic. Darius is a very compelling main character I couldn't help but care about. I also appreciated the different kind of depression rep we got in this book. So often we have characters who haven't been diagnosed yet and certainly aren't on a prescription for it, but Darius was because it runs in his family. It was very well done.
I also loved the friendship in this book, and the quietness of this book. The friendship was wonderful because just because Darius is gay doesn't mean he has to have a relationship with any available guy he loves. A character doesn't need a romance or relationship to be queer, and this book got that.
Darius is also fat, and I know from other people just how much this meant to them.
And then Darius as this Iranian-American teen going to Iran and struggling with feeling like he belongs. It was all very powerful and very well put together.
Highly Recommend.
I also loved the friendship in this book, and the quietness of this book. The friendship was wonderful because just because Darius is gay doesn't mean he has to have a relationship with any available guy he loves. A character doesn't need a romance or relationship to be queer, and this book got that.
Darius is also fat, and I know from other people just how much this meant to them.
And then Darius as this Iranian-American teen going to Iran and struggling with feeling like he belongs. It was all very powerful and very well put together.
Highly Recommend.