A Review: Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

Personal Rating & Review

Before I get into the actual book, let me first say that a narrator can really make or break an audiobook.  Taylor Meskimen was an excellent choice and told the story perfectly.  I’m always a little amazed at a narrator’s ability to shift their voices for different characters and to nail it every time!

I’ve been a long time adult fan of this YA author.  She has an ability to tell a story where nearly next to nothing actually happens but keeps you riveted the whole time.  Dessen’s true talent is getting inside her narrator’s head and telling their story.  She does so by taking the reader through an emotional tour of the narrator’s world.

I found myself really relating to Sydney, the main character in this book.  She takes an unpopular stance on a situation her family finds themselves in, feeling as if maybe she doesn’t quite fit.  We, as readers, get to experience her journey to finding her place, her people, and her voice.

The people Sydney eventually finds herself attaching to are the kind of family I think everyone hopes for.  They have their own messiness but a closeness despite it all.  A sense of teamwork and true unconditional love.

A collection of relationships are explored, cultivated, and mended throughout the novel that gives even the most hopeless of person hope.

A messy and complicated story told beautifully once again by the ever talented Sarah Dessen.