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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

22 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

arrrgh_schooling's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Torture, Slavery, Violence, and Rape

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

adelinebal4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Only reason I didn’t do 5 stars is because it’s an adaptation, which made me a little anxious that I was missing things/not getting the whole story… even though that’s not really rational!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

cass_lit's review against another edition

4.0

I, embarrassingly enough, have never read Kindred (or any of Octavia E Butler’s other works). As soon as I learned there was a graphic novel version, I immediately checked the ebook out from my library.

I’m actually really glad that I happened to read this first as a graphic novel because the subject matter is really tough to read about. Even though this format allows for more imagery of what’s going on… for me, personally, longer descriptions would have been infinitely worse. Kindred is amazing in plot and the questions it poses (I think I would have killed Rufus, who cares if I die in the process), but it’s incredibly hard to come to terms with at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide and Self harm

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Infidelity, Rape, and Alcoholism

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

bookishchef's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

That 0,5 star is because I struggled with the art style sometimes. 

This book had me ugly crying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infidelity, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Infertility

zombiezami's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Suicide, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Racial slurs, Slavery, Rape, Body horror, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Child death, and Drug use

bitterseason's review

challenging dark emotional fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Self harm, Death of parent, Rape, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Child death