Title: In the Name of Salome: A Novel
Review: In the Name of Salome: A Novel is a good book, and by other author's standards could even be considered excellent, but I do not think it is as inspiring as Alvarez usually is. It is interesting to learn about a famous poet from the D.R., but I could not connect with the characters and they lacked the approachability that "les Mariposas" had in In the Time of the Butterflies. The plot is a little sketchy, and it jumps in time periods so it is hard to figure out what is going on all of the time. However, it captures the feeling of the woman who has lost her mother at such a young age and has had to live with the her oppressive legend for her whole life. I would recommend it, but it is not one of Alvarez's better endeavors, and for the first time reader of her, I would suggest they choose another book.
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