I was more than pleasantly surprised about how great Patron Saints of Nothing was. He doesn’t tell them his real reason, which is to investigate what happened to his cousin. He convinces his parents to let him travel to the Philippines. Jay doesn’t believe Jun was a drug addict and that there is more about his death than what’s stated in the official report. Jay’s got some flaws, which is what perfect developed characters should have. Eventually, he lost track of Jun and forgot about him. Except Jay pretty much ghosted his cousin three years previously when Jay stopped writing back to him. Jay says that Jun was like his best friend. For years, They exchanged letters revealing all of their inner most secrets to each other. But I do suggest reading up on it as well.
The book will give you loads of background info on it. If you don’t know much about Duterte’s drug war, don’t worry. Would your parents really leave you hanging like that? A minor criticism of the book.Įventually, his mother does tell him the official story: Jun ran away from home, got hooked on meth, and then got shot by the police during President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. Jay gets news that his cousin, Jun, has just died, but in typical fictional world fashion, his father refuses to tell him how he died. His mother isn’t Filipino, but his dad is. He hasn’t been back to the Philippines since he was ten. He was born in the Philippines but moved to the United States when he a year old.
This last part is a bit far-fetched so maybe not so perfect, but I’ll let this one slide. His friend, Seth, smokes pot, but Jay somehow has the willpower to not succumb to peer pressure. Patron Saints of Nothing is about a 17-year-old boy named Jay, who’s just been accepted into the University of Michigan but doesn’t seem all that excited to be going. Purchase: Amazon | A Summary of Patron Saints of Nothing But I was looking for a good book on the Philippines, and Patron Saints of Nothing had such a high rating (4.35) on Good Reads that I couldn’t pass it up. Except for the Harry Potter books, I don’t usually read young adult novels (YA novels–books written for people ages 12 to 18). Almost a perfect ending.Īnd never in a million years would I have expected the perfect book to be one written for teens. Patron Saints of Nothing has got every element a book needs to be perfect. I think I’ve found it-the perfect novel for you during the beginning of hopefully a better 2021.
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