legolizgreenleaf 's review for:

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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“A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.” (324) from Julia Alvarez’s postscript of In the Time of the Butterflies. 

I don’t know why I waited so long to read this book, but it’s come at the perfect time in my life; the perfect time in history. It’s happened before somewhere else, and it can happen (is happening?) here, too. 

Viva las Mariposas!