The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls

The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls
By: Ursula Hegi

I read 25% and I couldn’t finish this book... the premise was so interesting and I was excited to read it but man, I just couldn’t do the writing style.

It was confusing and jumpy and I had the hardest time following or trying to understand what the author was trying to portray. I couldn’t tell what emotions I was supposed to be feeling by certain encounters.

The perspective changing wasn’t handled well and a lot of background info was thrown in with no setup or context and was hard to follow.

Others who have liked the book have mentioned the ‘poetic’ writing as a factor. To each his own.

To me, an example of poetic writing is The Book Thief.
This didn’t feel poetic.
Just because you use one word sentences and run on sentences and big beautiful words doesn’t make it poetic.

I don’t read it and say ‘This is so so confusing so it must be so deep that I can’t grasp the importance and intentionality.’ Who would? What’s the point of poetic writing if it doesn’t illicit emotion or take the reader on the proper journey?

I was frustrated because I wanted to see it through and I want to see where it goes but I just can’t take the writing. I can only read so many books in a year and I didn’t want to continue wasting my time to read something that just frustrated me.

**Thank you NetGalley for the ARC and I’m sorry I couldn’t give a better review for this one**