A review by lizziepurpleserenity
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

5.0

This was such a smooth read, with simple, pragmatic and unsentimental prose perfect for the subject matter. It's more historical (fiction... but fiction that's real) than sci fi. The characters are all complex, the situation well-researched, the story harrowing. Such an important book that perfectly lays out the complexities (and nightmare) of the situation at a plantation in the Antebellum South, and the thread that connects this past to the present day ('70s, in the book). I "enjoyed" (that's the wrong word, but you know what I mean) every minute of it and will definitely be reading more Octavia E. Butler.