What is the author's tone in the novel, All the Crooked Saints?

All the Crooked Saints takes on an almost empirical approach to something as seemingly magical as miracles. Early on, the narrator claims, “On the night this story begins, both a saint and a scientist were listening to miracles” (7). This immediately sets the tone for the novel, which is one of conflict and confusion between spirituality and science. This conflict is weaved throughout the novel with several more narration remarks related to the struggle between logic and emotion, Beatriz's primary internal conflict at well.