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apaolillo24's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Self harm, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Gore, Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, and Blood
loesm's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Slavery, Death of parent, Vomit, Torture, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Self harm, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Child death, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse
sas_lk's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Octavia E Butler managed to put on paper the intense complexity of our emotions, how easily we become complacent, how hatred and comfort can go hand in hand - and how things are always easier said than done. This is for people who state that "they would not have allowed this/felt that/done this/thought that if they were in these situations."
Survival, emotions, relationships - life is not so simple.
I was in awe everytime I picked up this novel.
I see why people say she is one of the best writers to have existed.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Self harm
Moderate: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury
erebus53's review against another edition
- 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
This is a tale of survival. Dana finds herself dislocated from her time and place and landing in the early 1800s in the middle of emergency. At first she saves a small boy from drowning, and then later she stops a fire. As she follows the pattern she realises that she has a connection to a young man who has very bad luck and who she continually has to save from his misadventures.
First hand, she finds out how Black and White people are divided in status and role, and how those divisions are brutally enforced. She hopes that by befriending this small child she may be able to stop him from developing into the same sort of man as his brutal, plantation-owner father.
In the same vein as Time Traveler's Wife (a book published 24 years after it)... hmm, ok I'm going there. *Incredible Tangent Person! go!* Time Traveler's Wife was interpreted for screen 6 years after its publication and Kindred, a book that also deals with slipping through time involuntarily, was adapted for screen 43 years after its publication in 1979. OK, one of those books was about a man who met the woman he eventually married when she was a child and who develops a relationship with her in chronologically asynchronous order, and the other was about a Black woman coming to understand her family's history, slavery and the brutality of oppression, by rescuing her White, several times great grandfather from death.. so I guess it's more about whether or not people want to discuss Grooming, or Inter-Racial marriage and the brutality of slavery... but why did we have to wait so long before that was a thing?
Kindred is a thoroughly compelling read and I seriously raced through the book, not wanting to put it down. The relationships are rich and messy, and offer a convincing look at what happens when we care about people despite their faults. It is a story of survival, and through Dana we are allowed a glimpse of the real life, love, fear, and survival that was endured by those living and working plantations.
Graphic: Infidelity, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical content, Racism, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Classism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death
sarahreadsromance's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Hate crime, Pregnancy, Torture, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.5
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
guessgreenleaf's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Racism, Slavery, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Child death
ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
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
icapturethecastle's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Slavery, and Vomit
bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Cursing
Minor: Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Child death