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The Kindred by Alechia Dow

lovetolovereading's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

kitcatmackay's review

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1.0

pacing was terribly off, dialogue was cheesy and unrealistic, plot was a mess.

ezismythical's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

bioda's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

xanmarie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.75

jane_kelsey's review

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4.0

This book was a scrumptious ya sci-fi romance novel! Loved the rep in here and how the author used the many worlds to highlight inequalities between classes, gender, races as well as addressing stereotypes. This book also remembered to balance itself with plenty of cuteness and downtime moments, allowing the characters to discover themselves and eachother, and to grow.

joisaddler's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25


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anyaemilie's review

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4.0

 Finally finished this (unofficial) trilogy which I read completely out of order. I really liked this one and it had everything I’ve come to expect from Alechia’s books: romance, music, food, mentions of books, and ofc a kickass heroine  

ramossnr's review

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3.0

If I hear of a fat protagonist, I pick up the book, and Joy is a lovely fat protagonist. There is so much promise in the premise of this book, but it didn't totally deliver for me. I like the idea of trying to settle class struggles through the Kindred pairing of a lower class individual with an upper class individual, but we don't get more than just that the lower class peoples' experience is very different from the higher class and that's bad. Given, this is a YA book, so perhaps I shouldn't expect as much nuance as The Fifth Season. However, I think the bones of a really interesting exploration of colonization and class inequity appear in this book. It doesn't quite get there, but I kept reading. It was enjoyable, but not as sci-fi as I wanted it to be.