why is in the time of the butterflies a good book?

It uses a fictional autobiographical point of view, which makes it very interesting. It also teaches about Dominican Republic history. It teaches about love, and about relationships between sisters.

If you are writing an essay, don't use a three-prong thesis.

ex: It is a good book because reason 1, reason 2, reason 3.

Use a single sentence thesis, that the analysis supports.

ex: It is a good book because of this etc.

You don't need to restate the thesis in each paragraph, that's a waste of time.