I hate books like this. Ones that start out so promising, and then crap out halfway through. Like they get lost in the swirl of it all and then just flush themselves down the toilet in despair. At it’s most basic, The Patron Saint of Liars is about leaving. The blurb on the back cover of the novel is misleading. It makes it seem like Rose is the main character, when in fact, we lose touch with her halfway through, when she becomes a shadow […]
A Study in Ambiguous Endings and Disappointment
The Patron Saint of Liars is a book I’ve seen kicking around for years. I’ve always told myself that one day I’ll get around to reading it and finally the time came. I didn’t know what to expect going in, other than the blurb about it taking place at a home for unwed mothers in the 60s and 70s. The narrative structure rotates through three main points of view. Rose, the not-so-unwed mother who leaves her husband when she finds out she’s pregnant. Just takes […]