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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

booksofanastasia's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

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dark sad tense

3.5

yrapan's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

spayscue's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

shelterfromreality's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

3_7_91's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Couldn't put it down. The cast of characters feel so real, which makes it all the more disturbing and emotional to read. 

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cmbrown4's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5


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octophile's review against another edition

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4.0

Startlingly deep and complex from what I thought initially was a rather simplistic premise. Should have known better than to doubt one of the greats!

zeev's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

5.0

wallflowerbookshop's review against another edition

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5.0

I can't stop thinking about the complexities of these characters - their parallels and differences. Dana v. Alice, Kevin v. Rufus, strange and very complicated. I definitely want to read this book again. I didn't know what I was in for!