But in case you haven’t heard, then here is the ‘Philippine Drug War’ Wikipedia page. About history as it unfolds in the PhilippinesĪllow me to talk frankly to my readers located outside of the Philippines for a second, especially those of us in Western countries: I think a lot of us, at most, may have heard about what’s going on in the Philippines at the moment. This is a book that doesn’t just explore the Philippine Drug War happening in the Philippines right now – it’s also a story about identity, privilege, grief, and the complexity of human experience. Patron Saints of Nothing follows Jay, a Filipino-American who travels from his comfortable home in America to the Philippines to uncover and understand the mysterious circumstances of his cousin’s death. And if there is any book that I want you to pick up based on my, and many other amazing Filipino bloggers’ recommendations (I’ve linked a bunch of reviews that you must read at the end of this review!), you should read Patron Saints of Nothing. When JM hosted the blog tour for Patron Saints of Nothing, and I read the powerful and personal book reviews by Filipino bloggers, I knew that Patron Saints of Nothing would be the kind of book that you just could not miss.
When some of my favourite Filipino bloggers hyped up this book and sung its praises, I was intrigued. Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth - and the part he played in it. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte’s war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story. Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall.
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