Everything Sad Is Untrue:

Just not my vibe 

I really enjoyed this book! Getting to read the author's perspective on life and memories was so interesting. I felt like this book expanded my view and understanding of the world, and made me think more deeply about the suffering and struggles that refugees face all around the world.

Age range: 16+
Even though he wrote the stories from the POV of his 11-year-old self, there is lots of violence and suffering, including domestic abuse. Not for younger readers.

This book... I have cried so many tears over seemingly insignificant details that resonated so much with my fellow transplant heart.
The audiobook felt like we were just visiting, sharing stories around a meal or a few. The author is an amazing storyteller, and I'm thankful for sharing that part of himself with the world. His Baba Haji would be proud!

highly recommend book. it's written in such a unique and beautiful way, it tells such a poignant story about an Iranian boy's life, i'm blown away... it navigates around a plethora of stories, some more captivating than others, and by the end i can deeply understand the narrator and the experiences he tells about - even finding value in the moments where it almost lost my interest. well worth the read

It took me a while at the beginning to figure out how to read this book, but once I got into it, I couldn't stop reading. At first it feels like a lot of vignettes only connected in that they're about the same person, but gradually it all comes together. The author's “kid” voice is really well-done.

I'm on a mission to make everybody read this book because its genius and amazing. I have just convinced my book club to make this our next pick and I am curious if a bunch of middle-aged white women is going to share my sentiments; I'm quite sure at least one person will hate it and at least one won't finish it.

Wow! Beautiful, funny and tragic. Powerful and a must read.

“Counting Memories” a phrase that comes up many times in the story and honestly this phrase says a lot about the story. It is a beautiful tale that gives such insight to another's world through the telling of the memories they have kept.

I listened to the audiobook version of this story. Hearing the emotion, the weaving of memories as we jump around this timeline... It was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I normally can't focus on a story with a jumping timeline but this one was told in such a way that it held my attention for every step. Some memories spoken of certainly hit stronger than others but all are worth the listen. I don't have any words that can really do this story justice. I just wish I could give this story more stars.

It's beautiful. Its emotions feel raw and true. It is worth every second it takes to listen along or to read. Truly. I greatly recommend this book to anyone looking for a new read.

This is a beautiful and brilliant story about wonderful storytellers and hard decisions. I already want to start it again.

Imagine you meet a charming young man...maybe 12 or 13-ish...and you ask him how it is going, and he just has so much to say and makes connections between legends and myths and religion and his own life and then hours have passed. That's this book.

Daniel's story is heartfelt, tragic, and joyous. His story is magical and terrible. He puts words to the things you thought but never before had words to express. You will want to make the sad things unhappen, but they are in the past.

I loved my time with Khosrou and this book.

This was incredible. Nayeri's story is painful, but brilliant, and I genuinely enjoyed the framing with the story of Scheherazade. I kinda wanna read 1001 Nights now. So many emotions.

This was wonderful and very unique. I loved the 1,001 Nights style of storytelling. I've seen a few conversations on Twitter about Western vs. non-Western styles/modes of storytelling and I think the non-Western lense of this may deter those at first. But, those unsure readers can't help but be swept away and caught up in Khosrou/Daniel's life.

A really remarkable (FIRST!!) book.