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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

35 reviews

emrockwell14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

I haven’t read the original book, but feel like if I had there would have been just enough more detail to make this a 5 star read. Even seeing what was cut from the prologue (as shown at the end in the “process of making this adaptation” section) due to space constraints made me wonder what was else was missing from the original. Otherwise, this story was gripping and the illustrations made it come to life in ways that haunt me still after reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage and Death of parent

ashenblood's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Couple panels didn't make complete sense like it skipped one or two but otherwise it was a tense story. Went into this blind so had no knowledge of what I was about to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

hmetwade's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

gondorgirl's review

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

arrrgh_schooling's review

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

booksaremythirdplace's review

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

adelinebal4's review

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, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, 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: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

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

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

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

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

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage