Darius the Great Is Not Okay Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Adib Khorram (Author), Michael Levi Harris (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher)

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Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.

Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award.

“Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I’d live in this book forever if I could.” (Becky Albertalli, award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda)

Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He’s a Fractional Persian - half, his mom’s side - and his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life.

Darius has never really fit in at home, and he’s sure things are going to be the same in Iran. His clinical depression doesn’t exactly help matters, and trying to explain his medication to his grandparents only makes things harder. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, they’re spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city’s skyline. 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.

Adib 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.

Listening Length

7 hours and 33 minutes
Author

Adib Khorram
Narrator

Michael Levi Harris
Audible release date

Aug. 28 2018
Language

English
Publisher

Listening Library
ASIN

B07GPP91DM
Version

Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	7 hours and 33 minutes
Author	Adib Khorram
Narrator	Michael Levi Harris
Audible.ca Release Date	August 28 2018
Publisher	Listening Library
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07GPP91DM
Best Sellers Rank	#16,937 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #32 in Teen Fiction on Depression & Mental Health #39 in Fiction on Family for Teens #208 in Romance for Teens

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Koalabear

lovely

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 2, 2021

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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!

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Readist

Cute

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 14, 2020

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It's a cute book. I liked Darius, but it felt a bit unfinished.

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Jayrodadon

Fine reading

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 17, 2021

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Had me hooked since page 2

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Kevin Craig

Darius is Actually Quite Amazing

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 10, 2018

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I loved this story. I loved Darius and his fears and his inability to see his own strengths. I loved his friendship in Iran and his complicated relationship with his father. Yazd sounds beautiful and I want to visit now. Such a touching and subtle story. I'd recommend it to anyone.

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Dawn

A must read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 22, 2019

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It’s a great read. The book arrived on time. Thanks very much.

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Rebecca

As described

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 4, 2019

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Item was as described. Thanks!

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David Young

Wonderful story

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 7, 2021

What a great, lovely, interesting book. I thought Darius was marvelous despite, or because of, all his worries and fears. All the characters were well drawn and believable. Iranian culture sounds fascinating and I want to go even more now, especially to Yazd!

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Jennifer

Darius the Great is Not Okay and honestly neither am I.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 27, 2019

I can’t tell you the last time I physically read a book in one sitting— the last time that I was so immersed in a novel that I couldn’t even bother to get up for a box of tissues. For three hours I sat in bed crying onto its pages and using my wrist and the collar of my T-shirt as a Kleenex— gross, I know, TMI. But this book, guys.. the way Khorram wrote Darius’s depression, I was just so connected. It brought me back to earlier in life, back when I was depressed long before I “had a reason” to be; back to when it didn’t make sense as to why I felt this way, before my dad explained to me what it meant went my doctor said I had a chemical imbalance. I didn’t have the words to describe my depression and anxiety.
I learned so much from this novel. About people and culture and myself. Following Darius’s growth was just so beautiful and heart wrenching. Closing this book after its last page left me feeling so warm and full and somehow hollow at the same time.
I’ve loved so many books in my life. I’ve never considered a book to be perfect until I found this one.
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11/10. Darius has a special and huge place in my heart forever.

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Lori Powell

Amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2021

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This has been on my tbr list for far too long. It's an amazing story and I loved Darius and his nuances.

The way his depression was dealt with really rang true for me; it was something I could identify with. Unlike the tea because, being (working class) British, tea comes in a teabag and is put in a mug, has boiling water added, is stewed for ages then milk and sugar (2 teaspoons please) added as required. 😉 Seriously though, the teas sound amazing.

I really enjoyed the glimpse into Iranian life. As the author says in his interview, we are fed Iran through the filter of a news channel and it is nice to see and understand the everyday lives of Iranians.

A really wonderfully written book that I highly recommend.

MR J P ALVEY

Ok to be Not Ok

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 23, 2020

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This is quite possibly the loveliest book I’ve ever read. Darius and I are nothing alike and yet it feels as though many of my past and present struggles get expressed through him. From my life with depression with a desperation to be understood and feel connected, and as a Portlander myself, Adib Khorram has walked me through my mind and my heart with intelligence, charm and wit and I wanted to burst into tears at the end. The honesty Khorram infuses the book with is rare, from Darius’ struggles (and the positivity which can come from them) through to the depictions of Iranian life. This is a book about hope in spite of crushing darkness, and shared humanity and with that in mind it’s fitting that Star Trek: TNG should envelope the entire story. I’m reading the sequel the second it arrives.

Eden

A sweet, awkward boy's story of finding your identity

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 22, 2019

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Awkward, nerdy, tea loving Darius is going to Iran to meet his family for the first time. While there, he makes his first ever friend. This is a book about depression and ethnicity and it's so good and I read it all in one day, and I want a sequel, and you should read this, too. (If you want to know why it has LGBT shelf on Goodreads, that's subtext. This story is about Darius finding things out about himself and his relationship to everyone in his world, and first and foremost this about depression and finding out about your family and heritage. The rest of his potential is subtext, and that's what makes this book so good--there is so much show not tell, so much to read between the lines.)

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S. M. Cameron

A touching story with a real and relatable protagonist

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 12, 2018

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This was absolutely lovely: a touching coming-of-age story about a Persian-American boy taking his first trip to Iran to visit his dying grandfather. The characters felt so real, especially Darius himself, and the relationships between the different family members were so nuanced and relatable. I particularly liked Darius's complex relationship to his father and how depression had affected both of them. I loved how much I learnt about Iran from it, too, and all the descriptions of food were amazing - I finished it in one sitting and was starving by the end.

Catman

The power of friendship

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 29, 2020

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Great story. Well written and flows effortlessly. The central character is well created as are his family. A story of the transformative power of friendship and impact of depression. I would definitely recommend this book.

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