francisvanhoutte

Moving and heartfelt, fictionalised account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic under the tyranical regime of the Dictator Trujillo. Theres something about Hispanic writing and settings that I really warm too. The close knit extended families, the powerful language, Limondas on the verandah in a tropical garden. Passionate emotional characters. This had the added bonus or a true and tragic story and the sense of what it must be like to live at first relatively normal lives under a system where your every word could be overheard and used against you, people you know dissapearing and meanwhile having to be seen to celebrate your 'Benefactor'. And ultimately making choices as to how involved and what risks you would take to oppose that regime. The book is written with varying perspectives of the four sisters. I loved it from the start. There were a couple of times when it dragged slighlty, I wouldnt have wanted to be any longer. I wasnt particularly fond of Maria Therese's childish diary entries. But overall, thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing.

2022-09-03 01:46