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Summary: An enjoyable, gripping story. A must read book!!!!
Review: Julia Alvarez captured the spirit and wholeness of each of the Mirabal sisters. I felt transported to a time that my parents lived through. I cried, I laughed and related in a very profound way to my Dominican roots. Her style of writing is captivating, and you almost feel as if your not reading, but sitting in a room listening to Minerva, Maria Teresa, Patria and Dede telling you their stories. In the Time of the Butterflies is absolutely terrific! I highly recommend you read this book.
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Summary: The ugly history of Trujillo interwoven with 4 women
Review: As a long-time fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Allende and Oscar Hijuelos, I was delighted to find yet another Latin American writer with as much talent who could lyrically weave a story into a historical backdrop and paint those Impressionistic portraits that just do not fade with time.It is rare I find a novel that draws me in to the same degree as G. G. Marquez but I am delighted to have discovered another gifted writer with something meaningful to say and the skill to captivate the reader while educating on a lesser-known dictator.
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Summary: The best of all the books I've read!!
Review: Julia Alvarez did a fantastic job writing this novel on the Mirabal sisters. I, who love the story about the Mirabal sisters and their history during Trujillo's government, was amazed on the way Julia Alvarez discribed the facts that took place during this time. I recomened it to everyone! It's an amazing book!!!
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Summary: captivating
Review: This intriguing book about the Mirabal sisters was a book I could not put down. I especially liked how the story was told from four points of view. I recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Absolutamente Superior
Review: Nunca habia leido nada sobre las hermanas Mirabal y creo que el haber empezado con este estupendo libro de la Sra Alvarez ha sido algo muy acertado. He quedado impresionada se los recomiendo a TODOS.
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Summary: it blew!
Review: I really didn't enjoy the simplicity within the context that was rather hard to engage in. I thought the whole idea of feminist being able to conquer the male gender was completely obsolete and rather far fetched. In other words I thought the novel was inaccurate.
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Summary: One of the best novels I've ever read
Review: This is one of the most readable novels on Latin America. I assigned it to my class on LA politics and my students loved it. It is insightful and covers many of the topics I cover in my lectures on LA politics: women, dictators, military, repression, nondemocracy. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in knowing more about Latin America.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I found this book enjoyable to read and one I struggled to put down. The characters are life-like and heroic, the story unfolds with them. The structure of the novel is very effective and cleverly interwoven. I typically prefer more detail, however, the simplicity of style is key to its success.
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Summary: Gripping insight into what makes a legend
Review: Julia Alvarez's fictionalization of the lives of the Mirabel sisters--real-life revolutionaries whose murders are memorialized every year in the Caribbean--will stay with you long after you put this book down. The book spans several decades and is divided into first-person narratives by the four very different sisters; the first part of the book chronicals their growth from girls into young women, and eventually into (sometimes reluctant) revolutionaries. These early "development" sections can be slow, even excruciating, at times, but pay their dividend later, when we truly know how and why these very ordinary, down-to-earth people resist an overwhelming and oppressive regime. The second half of the book gripped me hard; I couldn't put it down for 2 days, until I'd read the last sordid details about the inevitable murder of 3 of the 4 sisters. I'm not the crying type, but this book almost got me misty. I'll definitely read more by this author.
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Summary: An engaging story about life under a dictator in the 1960's.
Review: Fascinating story told from the point-of-view of the sister who survived the slaughter of her 3 sisters by the hand of the ruthless dictator Trujillo in the Dominican Republic during the 1960's.
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