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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

9 reviews

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Torture

booksaremythirdplace's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Rape

mxmarta's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A very interesting plot mechanism of time travelling to the past to contrast the reality of late 20th century with early 19th century, in a plantation in the south. I'm definitely interested in reading the original novel, but this graphical novel adaptation is very easy to read and conveys the horrors of colonisation and slavery in a visceral way by virtue of being visual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Blood, Colonisation, Sexism, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage and Child death

rowanasm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Genocide, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Miscarriage

aalisahw04's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I don’t know how I feel about this book. It is a good book, like the illustrations are beautiful, especially the switching between past and present and the different lighting/color schemes. However, I think my main issue was that nothing truly got sorted with and it didn’t feel like there was any actual purpose to the book. The story focused on Dana, who was able to time travel to Maryland, during the 1800s when slavery was still rampant, due to the fact that she was connected with a slaveholder named Rufus. Whenever he found himself being injured, almost to the brink of death, she would show up to take care of him. 

Spoiler

I think the main reason why I’m not as big of a fan of the novel is because it seems so unfinished. Like I understand the ending, but I feel like there’s still things missing. Like why was her and Rufus intertwined? What happens to all of the slaves Rufus owned till his passing? Did they die? What did they think about Dana and how she was able to come in and then disappear as she pleases? And also for Dana, is she still able to time travel? What’s the extent of it? Does she need to be thinking about a specific person for it to happen? I feel like there’s so many questions that was left unanswered in the book because the book decided to end just with Rufus dying. If this is apart of a series then that may be why but I haven’t seen information about that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Body horror, Torture, Racism, Hate crime, Blood, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Miscarriage

camsara99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Slavery, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

orchidd's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sweetmusic22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood

This was the first Octavia Butler book I've ever read. I have to admit that the pictures can be hard to look at sometimes, given the subject matter that Kindred is talking about. Still, I loved this book. It's a unique sci-fi/horror/thriller graphic novel that features a black female protagonist who can time travel between 1976 back to the mid-1800s. The book touches on uncomfortable topics such as racism, slavery, and sexism towards black women. If you are looking to try and read more books written by black authors, this is the one to go. If you are a r*pe survivor, there is a scene talking about r*pe, and if that's triggering for you, don't read this. Otherwise, Kindred is such a great book to read.

kerrireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, Racism, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse