A review by hanmitche11
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The novel started out strong, legged a times in the middle and finished strong. Time traveling between the 1990s being a free black women married to a white man and moments later being ensalved alongside her ancestors. I felt so relieved every time Dana made it back home.
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