Sibil's Reviews > Saints of Storm and Sorrow

DNF

Thanks to NetGalley and to the Editor. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

I am sorry to say that this book is not for me. I was pretty excited to start it, because I think I never read something Filipino-inspired, and I was curious. And the premises are interesting. But sadly I had a lot of problems with the characters. Even if the world-building is fascinating and completely new to me, I didn't enjoy the characters.
I really enjoyed the MC in the beginning, when we saw her defying a terrifying Goddess, and I was so there for it. But then things get way more sedate, on the one hand, because our MC is now a nun, and the other characters gravitate toward this world, nuns, priests, abbots, and girls that are with the nuns as students (or collateral for the good behavior of the parents), but still, all gravitate around this Christian setting because they are the oppressor. And this is a more sedate setting in general, even if we still have the old gods and goddesses around. And, on the other hand, because the story is pretty bleak, and it is just so full of suffering and unfairness and injustice.
I am not the biggest fan of this kind of story, but when the characters work for me I don't really mind, I can suffer through it without problems. But here I was not too fond of the characters, I wasn't impressed by Sister Maria, even if I admit that she may have some potential and that going forward maybe I would have started to like her (I am not so sure about it, but I am giving her the benefit of the doubt) but I strongly disliked Catalina, and I disliked who Sister Maria was when the two were together.
I am pretty sorry, but I don't think this is the right book for me, sadly.