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Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

4.28 AVERAGE

lauradvo_15's review against another edition

4.0

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Completed as part of the 9th grade novel study committee.

justabluebee's review against another edition

3.0

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I enjoyed this quiet little book about friendship, family and fitting in. Darius was a lovely and relatable main character. Unfortunately I was a bit bored at times and nothing really special happened but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

codedreader's review against another edition

4.0

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

courtkh's review against another edition

4.5

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ckcombsdotcom's review against another edition

5.0

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

jessielynnbooks's review against another edition

3.75

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

twoidmonster's review against another edition

4.75

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readballoon's review against another edition

4.75

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thekatreturns's review against another edition

4.25

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really appreciated how this book held a mirror up to a lot of things I struggle with, while also introducing me to aspects of the world I knew nothing of before. I really appreciated some aspects of the writing style that I know others find repetitive and annoying. I think because the book takes place squarely inside Darius’s head, he’s very biased on the topic of himself, and a lot of it is about things we leave unspoken. So it makes perfect sense that the version of him we see is his cringiest, nerdiest, most depressed self. At times I wanted to tell him to get a grip and try changing meds again because what he’s taking is not working imo.  But then when exactly what he needed was gentleness and recognition from friends and family, it reminded me that at my cringiest, nerdiest, and most depressed times, I need gentleness and recognition too.

kassandrik's review against another edition

5.0

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Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes