I can't pick up a lot of the words, spelling and dishes. I can hear the accent of the characters which is so rich and strong! If I listen to it. I even try the 10 mins to make tea 👀👀 I think there are pros and cons of listening to this audiobook instead of reading it. Now, he is terrible at math but he talks like if he was an expert in astrophysics? (but I guess that is just his nerdyness) 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ but still what kind of teenager talks about 'the bathroom losing molecular cohesion'? Either I am too simple, which could be, or this character was taken out from The Big Bang Theory 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ I love the cultural element, the talk of food, of their holidays and family events, of their cultural traditions and the places they went to visit! Which I googled and find amazing. or a geek or he just simply enjoys a lot those things, which is fine!, but the necessity to mention this every single time annoyed me so much! Like this character can be so much and so strong without the need to relay on LOTR.

Reading this was like reading 'What if it's Us' but instead of an incessant and obsessive mention of Harry Potter on every single page, we have a incessant mention of Star Trek and Lord of The Rings. but the way the author picked to write the main character annoyed me just a little bit. The part when the mother says good bye made me cry 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.Īdib Khorram’s brilliant debut is for anyone who’s ever felt not good enough - then met a friend who makes them feel so much better than okay. Soon, they’re spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city’s skyline. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. His clinical depression doesn’t exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only makes things harder. He’s a Fractional Persian - half, his mom’s side - and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life.ĭarius has never really fit in at home, and he’s sure things are going to be the same in Iran. the Homo Sapiens Agenda)ĭarius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. I’d live in this book forever if I could.” (Becky Albertalli, award-winning author of Simon vs. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.

Darius the great is not okay book 2