In the Time of the Butterflies, Paperback
Las Mariposas, the butterflies, four sisters who led the opposition to Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, in this seminal novel.
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(3.5) I loved the multiple points of views, especially that of Maria Teresa's. At times, I felt the writing was a bit monotone, and I had a hard time distinguishing the timeline of events, but I thought the book did a great job of humanizing revolutionaries. Yes, the Mirabal sisters made incredible contributions against the Trujillo regime, but they are also humans who were children once and who felt fear and doubt. In a way, that prevailing humanity Alvarez highlights makes the sisters all the more inspirational.
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