Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

4 reviews

koplomps's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely loved this, loved Darius too. I have a distant relationship with my grandparents and had a little cry when it felt too relatable. None on the characters were perfect, and that was totally okay. 
(Edit: My original rating was 4.75, but I've been thinking about this book for months now, and that doesn't happen often. So I'm raising my rating to 5 stars ✨)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Racial slurs

Minor: Emotional abuse

yoursupremereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Khorram has written something truly special with this book. Centered around a young queer Persian boy going to his mother's hometown to see his grandparents for the first time, Darius The Great Is Not Okay does a lot of work in a short amount of time. Add to it that the main character Darius is a complete nerd/weeb who interjects with sci-fi puns and comparisons in every chapter kept me smiling the whole way through. Khorram also did something incredible in giving Darius a new best friend that results in one of the best platonic male relationships I've seen in a book in a while. This story also tackles mental illness, but in a way that doesn't define Darius as his one facet, it's there, he acknowledges it, it is forever present, but it's just a sliver of who this sweet boy is. Plus, he loves tea, his abject love for tea is downright adorable. And Khorram takes the time to teach you not only about different kinds of tea that Darius loves, but also about Persian tea and customs that Darius is getting to learn about with you the reader while going to see his grandparents. All in all. A precious story and another wonderful addition to the YA queer canon. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Death

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Bullying, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

wrenxavier's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt