Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius the Great #1), by Adib Khorram

I have no idea why I put Darius The Great Is Not Okay on my reading list. It's a short introspective book about a young Iranian-American boy going for the first time in Iran to meet his mother's family. It's coming of age, deals with clinical depression and it's pretty sweet. But that's about it. The guy is a Trekkie - The Next Generation no less - and peppers the book with references, so that was fun, but I guess if you are not most of them will fall flat. Funny enough, just before that I was reading a book about a Jewish girl, but I swear I chose the books at random. Anyway, I did enjoy the Persian culture references, which I think it's the best part. Darius himself is a rather dull character: young boy who believes people think badly of him and that he's not enough and then magically grows into a person because he gets some support and understanding from the Iranian part of his family and finally makes a friend. And no, there is no magic, this is a straight book, mostly…