A review by msmichaela
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

5.0

Poignant, impressive semi-autobiographical novel told from the perspective of several members of the Mirabal family, who oppose the violent Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. I lost the thread of which sister was which a few times, but that's more about reading before bed than about Alvarez's narrative skills. The Kindle edition was very wonky - lots of typos seemingly resulting from an unclear scan of the actual text. Still, very much worth the occasional error.