Everything Sad Is Untrue:

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.

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.

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.

Just not my vibe 

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

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

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

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.

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.