5) By the end of the novel, do you get used to Alvarez’s style? Why did she choose this style? Does it work? Is she able to get you to finish reading the book even though you know the ending? What does she focus on instead and why?
By the end of in the time of the butterflies I did find that I became used to Alvarez’s style of writing. However, at the start of the story it was very difficult simply because for example, Eve Ensler’s writing was very detailed and deep to the point that it kept you wanting more and it was easy to read and understand. Alvarez’s style of writing is more difficult to read simply because of using flashbacks such as Dede’s interview and the way that some character’s narrations change from 1st person view to 3rd person view depending on which sister it was.
I think Alvarez’ purpose behind switching 1st and 3rd person views was to force the reader to be more into the story and to think more about the story. Part of me thinks that maybe Alvarez had different narrations for different characters to help us remember who is who which story applies to that sister. For example, I initially remembered Dede basically based on her 3rd person view and her flashback to her interview. It was like they served as a tab for me to distinguish Dede apart from the other sisters.
Alvarez does succeed at capturing the complete attention of the reader or at least she did in my reading of the story. I found the story to be amusing to read once I was used to her style of writing. Though it made the reading more difficult it kept the reader interested and begging for the next piece in what is a great story.
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