First and foremost I would like to start off by saying for the most part I did I enjoy reading "In The Time of The Butterflies". I must confess that in the beginning I hated the book because to me it was so boring.. I finally got interested in the book when Mate starts writing in her diary about her experience at school. I feel like this part interested me the most because I myself use to have a "diary" (I called it a journal) that I use to write in when I was younger but I don't anymore. Although I was bored with the beginning of the book I was still interested in learning the story of the Mirabal sisters. I think Julia Alvarez did an awesome job telling the story. I liked how she got us (the readers) emotionally attached to each character almost as if we knew them personally. Overall I thought the book was good and the story is great. I would defiantly recommend the book to other readers as well. (:
