A review by hamstringy
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

challenging dark emotional slow-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

Octavia E. Butler has always been someone I said I should read, and boy is there a reason. This was a thoughtful and harrowing book all the way through. The characters have so much story to them, and the sci-fi/spec fic becomes more and more powerful as time passes.
I read Rick Riordan’s goodreads review and I think it sums the greatness of the book up: 
We may be lulled into the feeling that we have advanced, that we have made progress as a society. But at any moment, we may be yanked back into the past and reminded of where we came from. 
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