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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

14 reviews

nialiversuch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Bullying, Colonisation, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Gore, Abandonment, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

michelle_my_belle's review

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Rape, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Racism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Drug use

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Medical content, Torture, Slavery, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, Confinement, Rape, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Ableism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Car accident, Dementia, and Drug abuse

ruthhelizabeth's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I feel like this is a book I should read at least every few years for the rest of my life. Deeply challenging, immersive and deliberate, this book is up there with some of the most life changing I've ever read. The depths of what it has to say means I think it needs more than one journey through for a reader, so I think I will be back here for a second review not so far in the future. A true modern classic, and one I think which should be studied as standard in school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy and Religious bigotry

Minor: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

rosalind's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Violence, Torture, Slavery, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Trafficking, and Rape

Minor: Vomit, Death, Religious bigotry, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

apollo1gcw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Slavery, and Racism

aleksanski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Death of parent, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Blood, Violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Vomit, Misogyny, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

grove9ruby's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, Suicide, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Minor: Grief, Addiction, and Religious bigotry

annayareads's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cried a few different times reading this novel. Octavia Butler was a genius, and her work is still so poignant and needed today. The horrors of slavery in Kindred turned my stomach. Butler didn't flinch from it because that is our history as Black Americans. But she didn't reduce our lives to just being slaves. The thing that will stay with me after I put this book back on my bookshelf is how much Black women love each other. How much Black people love each other. Even when the worst is happening to and around us, Black people can love. That's so important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Rape

haylzno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Octavia Butler can do no wrong. I'll die on this hill

This was a quick, but tense read. 
Uncontrollable time travel, slavery, family? 

Every time I thought I knew where the story was going, Butler said "ha" and flipped one on me. 

I can see why Kindred is one of her most popular books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical trauma, Infertility, and Miscarriage