A review by samneedham17
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan

5.0

This was a really excellent book. Touched on a lot of important issues in the Philippines - wealth, poverty, power, corruption, the Catholic Church. Father Jerome and Father Lucero are well-written and admirable characters. I wish the author developed a bit more of their backstories, there’s still some unanswered questions for me (Father Lucero’s limp, Father Saenz’s possible adoption). The chapter about the victims’ mothers was one of the most heart wrenching chapters I’ve ever read. Fast paced read and I see why it’s endured in Philippine literature.