All the Crooked Saints

DNF at 100 pages. The writing was repetitive and trying to be whimsical but failing. After reading two full series from Steivfater, this just reads like a failed experiment in writing style. Stay in your lane.

2.5 Stars

Book 9 complete for O.W.L.'s 2019 Herbology- Plant on the cover

Pros:
- The writing style of this was superb. I loved the narrator and how he was telling everyone's stories. I listened to the audiobook and I definitely got Jane the Virgin vibes and I enjoyed the way the story was told.

Cons:
- There was not really a plot to this. It definitely focused on telling the stories of the three main characters and those around them. However, I did not feel like we were working toward anything or solving something. It was an odd feeling since I expect some kind of adventure or story with a book.
- I did not connect with the characters at all. Yes they had interesting lives and their stories were entertaining, but there was nothing that made me connect with them and really care about their story and what would happen to them.

Overall, this was a very middle of the road book. There was nothing overtly wrong about it, but there was nothing great either. There was nothing that made me want to know what was going to happen. I think if I had not read this for my O.W.L.'s it would have taken me much longer to read this. Every time I put it down, it was not like I had to pick up again right away.

More like 4.5. it took a bit to get into it partly because it was my first audio book and secondly it was a different kind of writing style then what I normally read, but once I was in I was invested. Not sure how I would describe this one, its multiple points of view, about a family of Saints and the Pilgrims who seek them out and its also about love and different ways you show it and about fears and hopes. If you give it a try I recommend the audiobook I thought the narrator fit perfectly.