Book Summary
The book begins in Jay Reguero’s senior year at high school and he is planning on spending all his time playing video games with his best friend until he has to leave for college. But all of that goes out the window once he finds out the his cousin Jun has been murdered as a part of the drug wars in the Philippines. The worst part is that no one in the family wants to talk about what happened or even mention Jun’s name. So he travels to the Philippines to find out what really happened. The only way to find out the truth of Jun’s death, Jay has to enlist the help of with his many Filipino family members and his cousins to find out the truth of his murder and maybe what he could have done to stop it.
Review
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
This was one of the truly educational books I have read in a while. Don’t get me wrong I read tons but even though this book was fiction I genuinely felt as if it were teaching me more about the world around me than I had recently. It gave me a new insight into a part of the world that I might never have heard about otherwise. It takes place mostly in the Philippines and showcases a lot of culture and traditions that I hadn’t learned about before and I found very interesting. But the book also showcases the reasons why we should be keeping up on the news of other countries even if it might not pertain to us for say because in some ways we might be able to help. I love how this story keeps you guessing and doesn’t necessarily have a happy ending but still comes to a nice close that makes you happy to have read it!
Author
Some other books book written by Randy Ribay are After the Shot Drops and An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes. Some fun facts about him is that he was born in Manilla, Philippines and his book, Patron Saints of Nothing has been nominated for many awards including, Freeman Book Award and National Book Award.
Links to Randy Ribay’s Books