17.2k reviews for:

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

4.39 AVERAGE

spamdunc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery

melissajane's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was so challenging for my heart; the times when I just couldn’t bear to listen more, for fear of what would come next. 

Amazing concept & mechanism for telling this story. 

annabethk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

maweah's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

carls_jeanne's review against another edition

5.0

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75;

_aprillllllllll's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

meltheredhead's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

armenag's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

madimiddlebrook's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional fast-paced

marci_vallo's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced