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A review by bethany6788
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Will I ever make it through a book by @adibkhorram without crying my eyes out? Because I’m not sure it’s possible. Once again, Adib climbed into my brain and pulled out experiences and thoughts that I’ve had myself. I wish I had this book when I was 16. I am telling you that I am certain this book has changed lives. I don’t have words other than that to express what this book means to me. But I’ll share some quotes to help:
“Ghorbanat beram is one of those perfect Farsi phrases you can’t quite translate into English. The closest thing is: I would give my life for yours. Sometimes it was just a hyperbole. But for Sohrab, it was literal. It was literal for me too. That is what it means to have a best friend.”
“Best friends are special Darioush. But you’re a nice guy. Of course you are making more friends. I’m happy for you.”
“I knew him well enough to sit with him until it passed. That’s the kind of friends Sohrab and I were.
“Sometimes people just need you to listen to them.”
“That’s what being depressed does. It’s like a supermassive black hole between your sense of self and your actual self, and all you can see is the way you look through the gravitational lensing of your own inadequacies.”
Being depressed doesn’t mean I’m not happy. It’s like, happy is one color. And depressed is another color. And you can paint happy, then paint a little depression around the edges.”
“But I was helpless against her grief and Mom’s grief, and my own. I hated how powerless I was.”
“There was probably something wrong with me. There were a lot of things wrong with me.”
“How do you explain the fear that someone you love might stop loving you all of a sudden?”
“When you’re young and full of feelings, sometimes they come out in the wrong way.”
Thank you for gifting us with Darius. He’ll stay with me. ❤️🩵
“Ghorbanat beram is one of those perfect Farsi phrases you can’t quite translate into English. The closest thing is: I would give my life for yours. Sometimes it was just a hyperbole. But for Sohrab, it was literal. It was literal for me too. That is what it means to have a best friend.”
“Best friends are special Darioush. But you’re a nice guy. Of course you are making more friends. I’m happy for you.”
“I knew him well enough to sit with him until it passed. That’s the kind of friends Sohrab and I were.
“Sometimes people just need you to listen to them.”
“That’s what being depressed does. It’s like a supermassive black hole between your sense of self and your actual self, and all you can see is the way you look through the gravitational lensing of your own inadequacies.”
Being depressed doesn’t mean I’m not happy. It’s like, happy is one color. And depressed is another color. And you can paint happy, then paint a little depression around the edges.”
“But I was helpless against her grief and Mom’s grief, and my own. I hated how powerless I was.”
“There was probably something wrong with me. There were a lot of things wrong with me.”
“How do you explain the fear that someone you love might stop loving you all of a sudden?”
“When you’re young and full of feelings, sometimes they come out in the wrong way.”
Thank you for gifting us with Darius. He’ll stay with me. ❤️🩵