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hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Cursing, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Grief, Sexual assault, Ableism, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Rape
jessewritecase'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
moonlitemuseum'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: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Deportation, Hate crime, Rape, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Child death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse
nialiversuch'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
3.5
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
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
jj_tj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
madelinejfink'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
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Racism, Rape, and Grief
michelle_my_belle'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? No
5.0
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
dee_hzz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual violence, Grief, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
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