The time of doves, or as I read it La plaza del diamante.

 I had the opportunity to read this book in spanish which is my native language, and i have to say that it was a better experience than reading books in english, which even though, I understand perfectly being able to read the book in spanish made me understand much more of the lecture and be more in touch with what was happening.

I don’t know if i am the only one that feels like this, but all the readings we’ve done have touched rather deep or uncomfortable topics. With this week for me being how Natalia experiences all of the effects on war and especially the thought of killing herself and her kids due to them having nothing else to do.

But even with all those sad and uncomfortable things there are two things that I like a lot about this book. The first one is how we look at the events of a war but from a different perspective. We are used to looking into a war by looking into the soldiers that go into it and the big turning points that might end up deciding the war. But we forget about the normal working people who also feel the effects of the war in their home. Natalia is a perfect example of this, as the books show us not the soldiers fighting, but rather how it affects Natalia and her home and how bad the effects of war were on them. This is a perspective we are not used to hearing about but it’s definitely something that happens every time there is a war. The other thing that I liked about this book is even with all the struggle and bad things that war brings. At the end Natalia is able to find someone who she loves in Toni and the story finalizes with a happy ending.

The story did end up with a happy ending, which is a thing that I enjoyed the most about the book, but my question has to do with rather the sad or dark part of the story. With my question being if you think it was the correct decision to kill her children and if she would have actually done it.