Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
Taste attributes: science fictionhistoricaldramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancefish out of water/culture clash
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, heavy science-fiction novel: moving and original. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.4 / 5
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About This Book
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him.
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- Author
- Octavia E. Butler
- Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 287
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