Yet as nearly as I can tell, what some readers really object to about this story is that it happened, and they would rather that it didn’t. There are a few problems, which I’ll address shortly. By that I mean that is fairly well-written – if you can get past the circuitous and chummy style – and that the content is substantive, and (mostly) edifying. To paraphrase several online comments, “I’m sorry all of that terrible stuff happened to the author, but is this really appropriate for children?” After finishing Nayeri’s nonlinear refugee memoir, I can’t help but wonder if we were all reading the same book.Įverything Sad is a good book. Parent reviewers complained of violence, and gave the impression that the author indulged in the kind of grittiness that mistakes mere excess for depth. I thought Daniel Nayeri’s Everything Sad Is Untrue was going to be one of those kinds of books.
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