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A review by chels_ro
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- 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? Yes
5.0
Butler crafts a masterful first person narrative around slavery in the antebellum south that confronts our ideas of race and racism and what it means to be moral in an immoral world.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gore and Violence
Minor: Alcoholism