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A review by mykai33
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-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? It's complicated
3.25
A quick historical fiction, though I prefer Alvarez’s ‘In the Time of the Butterflies’ - this book has the same anxiety inducing questions of what’s going to happen to the characters next during Trujillo’s dictatorship in the DR. I appreciate the tie into her other stories and how they’re all connected