A review by anxiousnachos
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Trust Adib Khorram to write a book that makes me look like a fool - I was literally talking to someone just yesterday about how I felt like I had completely outgrown YA contemporary as a genre and then BAM, I decide to finally pick up the Darius sequel and of course it is amazing. There’s something about Khorram’s writing style and voice that I find so special and emotive, and the way he so accurately portrays what it’s like to live with depression, even when not in the midst of a depressive episode, is fantastic. Add in one of the best father/son relationships in YA, some soccer gays, and I am completely sold. 

Content warnings: depression, bullying, homophobia, Islamophobia, sexual content (including being pressured into sexual activity), terminal illness, death of a grandparent, grief  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, and Sexual content