Kindred - Lacos de Sangue
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- Author：Octavia E. Butler
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Summary
The first science fiction written by a black woman， Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature。 This combination of slave memoir， fantasy， and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity。 Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California， Dana， an African-American woman， is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched through time into antebellum Maryland。 After saving a drowning white boy there， she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transported back to the present just in time to save her life。 During numerous such time-defying episodes with the same young man， she realizes the challenge she’s been given: to protect this young slaveholder until he can father her own great-grandmother。
Reviews
Ellie Syverud
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A real page turner/flew through it。 had no trouble buying into the time travel plot device。 Great story。
Katie
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Just read it！ You won’t regret it。
Lauren Therriault
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I couldn’t put this book down。
Shelby
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4。5**
Jennifer Powers
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Wow。
Natalie
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Wow。 Kindred is unlike any book I’ve ever read。 Not only does it deeply effect the reader emotionally， it also encompasses the different layers of complexity in a fantasy， historical-fiction， and memoir all wrapped up into one。 It’s a horrifying look into one of the darkest periods of American history， the deep antebellum South。 Dana is a young Black writer living with her husband in California when she is suddenly and inexplicably dragged back in time to 1815 Maryland。 She arrives at the scene Wow。 Kindred is unlike any book I’ve ever read。 Not only does it deeply effect the reader emotionally， it also encompasses the different layers of complexity in a fantasy， historical-fiction， and memoir all wrapped up into one。 It’s a horrifying look into one of the darkest periods of American history， the deep antebellum South。 Dana is a young Black writer living with her husband in California when she is suddenly and inexplicably dragged back in time to 1815 Maryland。 She arrives at the scene of a young， white boy named Rufus drowning in a river。 After rescuing him and then looking down the barrel of his father’s rifle， she disappears just as suddenly back into 1976。 With no warning of when she’ll be catapulted through time next， Dana is forced to acclimate to plantation life in the nineteenth century。 She quickly learns that her fate is intertwined with the Rufus’ and that his well-being is what guarantees that her ancestors， and ultimately herself， will survive。 Genius that Butler is， she succeeds in sparing no gruesome details and showing you the atrocities of the past。 Her commentary of both the past and the present of Kindred are still fresh and modern today。 This is not the sugarcoated version of history we were taught in class。 Octavia E。 Butler is a gift to all of us。 。。。more
Jordan Shipley
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This book is incredible。 It was one I couldn’t put down （but then， once I did put it down， I was reluctant to pick it back up again because I didn’t feel emotionally capable of continuing）。 The subject matter is H E A V Y and brutal， but Octavia Butler’s plot is so interesting and clever and I can’t recommend it highly enough。 If you haven’t read it yet， you should。 In fact， give it 6 stars！
Ciaran Finnegan
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My first thought when finishing this book is why was it not something I was well aware of 30 years ago？ It’s an exceptional novel but seems to have been a best-kept-secret。Despite being set （initially） in 1976 and published in 1979， this book resonates as strongly now as it did then。
Elizabeth Marks speros
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Interesting read！ A time travel sci-fi book where the main character time travels back to the south during the slavery era in the US。
Chris
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Octavia Butler is most famous for being an African-American woman in the very White male world of science fiction。 That doesn't mean she's worthwhile as a writer， but based on Kindred， I'd say she has a lot to offer。Kindred is only kinda-sorta science fiction。 Butler uses time travel as an essential element of the story but is incurious about how her invention works。 That's OK with me， the real story here is how Dana， a struggling young Black woman writer in 1976 （JUST like Butler） perceives the Octavia Butler is most famous for being an African-American woman in the very White male world of science fiction。 That doesn't mean she's worthwhile as a writer， but based on Kindred， I'd say she has a lot to offer。Kindred is only kinda-sorta science fiction。 Butler uses time travel as an essential element of the story but is incurious about how her invention works。 That's OK with me， the real story here is how Dana， a struggling young Black woman writer in 1976 （JUST like Butler） perceives the world of her ancestors in the chattel slavery system of ante-bellum Maryland。 For me， the meat of the story is in Butler's dissection of the inter-personal workings of the "peculiar institiution" which allowed it to survive。 We all like to think that we wouldn't be the docile Uncle Tom or the evil Simon Legree。 Butler does the painful work of laying out how the individual decisions of slaves both made sense and perpetuated their servitude。 You would kill the master or overseer， even though you knew it would result in your death？ Very brave， but what if you knew that it would result in the rape and torture of your wife and sale of your children？ On a smaller scale， how pleasant would you be towards your captors？ By inserting Dana into 1820's Maryland as a slave， we get a "first person" account of what Hannah Arendt called "the banality of evil。"I was interested to see what Butler sounded like as a Black woman in 1976。 Its been more than a generation since she wrote Kindred and the racial landscape in the US has changed。 Interestingly， it seemed to me that Butler could have written Kindred in 2021 with no changes。 Dana is just the liberated， free-thinking African-American and woman that we would hope to see today。 Her marriage to a white man in the 1970's Los Angeles was maybe more unorthodox than it would now be， but not a major departure from what we'd still see today in some circles。Butler doesn't come off as an impressive prose stylist。 Especially， some of the dialogue is wooden。 On the positive side， her suspenseful descriptions of poignant personal conflicts and the brutal beatings and usually pretty well done。 Her characterization of the various slaves isn't always deep but she gets the job done。 She spends more time on the 3 white slave owners to pretty good effect。 I would guess that her conflicted portrait of Rufus Weyland is ahistoric， but then no historical figures were repeatedly visited by time-travelers either。 。。。more
Shelby
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Oh Octavia Butler， she can do no wrong。 My first introduction to her was kind of backwards。 I read Dawn first for my Feminism and Science Fiction class in college， then read her Patternmaster/Seed to Harvest series。 I’m only now reading her more popular or well known novels。 And Kindred was amazing。 This would be an amazing assigned reading for high school。 I even read a little bit of the Reader’s Guide at the end because I didn’t want to step out of this world just yet。 I can’t think of anythin Oh Octavia Butler， she can do no wrong。 My first introduction to her was kind of backwards。 I read Dawn first for my Feminism and Science Fiction class in college， then read her Patternmaster/Seed to Harvest series。 I’m only now reading her more popular or well known novels。 And Kindred was amazing。 This would be an amazing assigned reading for high school。 I even read a little bit of the Reader’s Guide at the end because I didn’t want to step out of this world just yet。 I can’t think of anything original to say that someone else hasn’t already said， but if this is in any way on your radar I would highly recommend you pick it up。 。。。more
Rex
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Just started Kindred。 Immediately hit a huge plot hole - a 26 year old who knows and recognizes family genealogy back 160 years。 [will continue to update]
Caroline Walker
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Wow， one of my new favorites！ Absolutely fantastic story that kept me guessing the whole time。
Karen Klickman
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Excellent book， but a tough read。 Dana is a Black woman in 1976， married to a white man， who finds herself traveling to antebellum Maryland。 She's in constant peril while she's there， just because of her color。 Butler's depiction of slavery is very matter of fact--the horror and inhumanity are clear。 This one is going to stick with me。 Excellent book， but a tough read。 Dana is a Black woman in 1976， married to a white man， who finds herself traveling to antebellum Maryland。 She's in constant peril while she's there， just because of her color。 Butler's depiction of slavery is very matter of fact--the horror and inhumanity are clear。 This one is going to stick with me。 。。。more
Anna
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I'm embarrassed to say that this is the first time I've read this book and I read it because a student is presenting on it so I needed to know it。 I was turned off at first by the first person narration and also the fantasy genre （my own hang-up， not the book's issue）。 What I got here was not the process of time jumping but the emotional toll of it。 It was especially relevant to read after 2020 when the U。S。 has been reckoning with its racist history （and often present reality）。 I'm embarrassed to say that this is the first time I've read this book and I read it because a student is presenting on it so I needed to know it。 I was turned off at first by the first person narration and also the fantasy genre （my own hang-up， not the book's issue）。 What I got here was not the process of time jumping but the emotional toll of it。 It was especially relevant to read after 2020 when the U。S。 has been reckoning with its racist history （and often present reality）。 。。。more
sarah f
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Impressionante a escrita e desenvoltura dessa história。 Meu favorito do ano。
David
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This is definitely the kind of book that I wish would have been required reading when I was in high school。 Part historical fiction， part sci-fi， and an engaging read from start to finish。
Kelsey Edwards
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3。5
Lesley
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‘Kindred’ is a slavery narrative with a difference。 It’s told by a young twentieth century Black woman， Dana， who is repeatedly whisked back in time， against her will， to antebellum Maryland。 In her present life she lives in California， with her white husband and the beginnings of a career as an author。 In Maryland she is the property of a plantation owner。 Her reason for being there is to ensure her future， by keeping the self-destructive young master Rufus alive long enough to father her ances ‘Kindred’ is a slavery narrative with a difference。 It’s told by a young twentieth century Black woman， Dana， who is repeatedly whisked back in time， against her will， to antebellum Maryland。 In her present life she lives in California， with her white husband and the beginnings of a career as an author。 In Maryland she is the property of a plantation owner。 Her reason for being there is to ensure her future， by keeping the self-destructive young master Rufus alive long enough to father her ancestor。 It’s a enticing premise， if you suspend your disbelief about the logistics; it presents the reality of slavery from the viewpoint of someone who knows the historical facts， but then gets to experience it for herself。 And it’s brutal。 Really viscerally brutal。 There are two frames to the story。 In the prologue we find Dana waking in hospital to find her left arm has been amputated， with no idea why - a hot start （although we never find out the reason。） This preludes her life before: family stuff， work stuff， relationship stuff and settling into newly-wed domesticity - which then frames her travels back in time。 The time travel device would， you imagine， serve as a way to look at then and now， compare and contrast - except no。 The present gives a bit of respite from the harsh slavery-era narrative， but nothing much happens apart from recovery from the physical and psychological damage that each visit to the past entails。 Dana’s first encounter with Rufus is rescuing him from drowning as a child， and this motif feels like it’s replicated throughout the book - briefly coming up for air in the twentieth century， only to be forced down again into the past until she can take it no longer。 ‘Kindred’ is a brutal depiction of the lives of enslaved women in the American south， and as such is appalling effective。 Not only worked to an early grave but treated as livestock to produce babies， their husbands and children sold at a whim， while subject to the same punishment regime of beatings， whippings， mutilations as men， but with added rape。 In this regard， it’s a raw and necessary read。 An ordinary plantation under an ordinary owner。 A comfortable existence for the status-obsessed white family; a living hell for their Black workers。 I had really mixed feelings about this book however。 There is drama and tension， but it was also often plodding and over-written， and hampered by its structure。 There is visceral horror but it didn’t really touch me， as the the lack of character development makes for little empathy。 The nineteenth century cast seem remarkably accepting of Dana’s 1970’s attire， speech， education and the fact of her coming from the future。 Her husband is also remarkably accepting of the whole thing， despite being dragged back to the past too and into a awkward new ownership of his wife。 The literacy theme was powerful but over-done。 The story didn’t hold together， in terms of in internal emotional/psychological coherence or time-travel logistics。 Dana is compelled to keep Rufus alive so that he can rape the enslaved woman who becomes her great-great-grandmother， which she enables。 None of this makes sense， ethically or narratively。 An incredibly powerful read in parts， but patchy as a novel。 。。。more
Natchez
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I still can’t believe how people survived slavery。 I know a lot didn’t and the house slaves counted themselves as “lucky” but endless torture of beatings， sleeping on pallets， eating table scraps， it’s a lot。 I know Dana says to her husband that she is not strong like her ancestors but she survived over a year in the past， she took multiple beatings while she did try to stand her ground with Rufus and tried to teach him some empathy but he was a product of his time。
Maddie Srochi
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book was phenomenal！！ Would be a book I’d recommend for a young adult reader in the classroom， because it really explores the realities and hardships of slavery in a way I have never been exposed to。 I loved the supernatural elements involving the time space continuum and the way Dana’s relationship progressed with Rufus。 The only thing I wish was better explained was the reasoning behind Dana’s vanishing spells， and I didn’t like the story behind the lost arm。 I thought it would be somethi This book was phenomenal！！ Would be a book I’d recommend for a young adult reader in the classroom， because it really explores the realities and hardships of slavery in a way I have never been exposed to。 I loved the supernatural elements involving the time space continuum and the way Dana’s relationship progressed with Rufus。 The only thing I wish was better explained was the reasoning behind Dana’s vanishing spells， and I didn’t like the story behind the lost arm。 I thought it would be something more exciting that made more sense to the story but it kind of just happened randomly and was anticlimactic。 Otherwise， the story throughout was so captivating and I felt wrapped up in the characters’ lives。 I thought it was very powerful how Dana’s perception of reality started to diminish as she spent more time in the antebellum South and she started to feel like this place was her real life。 I longed for her to find Kevin again， but I knew that their relationship would be changed with their time apart yet I’m glad they stuck together as the two people that had experienced this crazy phenomenon together。 I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone！ A page turner for sure！ 。。。more
Chelapalooza
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Finished it and immediately flipped to the beginning and read it all again。 ❤️
RogueHam
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This book was perfect。 Blending modern attitudes with an environment set in 1800s plantation Maryland。 How difficult it would be to adjust to， or scarily how easy for some。 Must read。
Rucha
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Trigger Warning – Violence， Racism， Sexual AbuseWe meet Dana in summer of 1976， the day of her twenty sixth birthday。 She hopes of being a writer someday and she’s just moved into her new home with Kevin， her husband。 As Kevin and Dana are unpacking and preparing to settle in， Dana inexplicably vanishes。 The next thing we know， Dana finds herself in the antebellum South in the early 19th century， trying to save a kid who is drowning。 This drowning kid， who we later learn is called Rufus， goes on Trigger Warning – Violence， Racism， Sexual AbuseWe meet Dana in summer of 1976， the day of her twenty sixth birthday。 She hopes of being a writer someday and she’s just moved into her new home with Kevin， her husband。 As Kevin and Dana are unpacking and preparing to settle in， Dana inexplicably vanishes。 The next thing we know， Dana finds herself in the antebellum South in the early 19th century， trying to save a kid who is drowning。 This drowning kid， who we later learn is called Rufus， goes on to ‘call’ Dana back to his timeline many times over; each time round Dana has to risk her life to save him， each time in saving him， Dana learns a little bit more about the bond she shares with Rufus， and the devastating effects it might have on her own life。 From being a hopeful writer in her present day， to being assumed a slave in this alternate timeline， through Dana’s time travels， we get to experience the horrific pains and humiliation of slavery， and ultimately what it means to be human。 My ThoughtsKindred is a difficult book。 Not in the way it is written， but in the way it is extremely raw and honest， to the point where it pushes you to the brink with its depiction of what it meant to be a slave working on a plantation in the deep south in the 1800s。 More often than not， I was out of my comfort zone， visibly squirming and disturbed at what I was reading， and lapsing into long spells of introspection every time I took a break from reading。 In making me do so， I believe， Octavia E。 Butler achieved what she intended to achieve with Kindred。 It was also surprising and discomforting to find that Kindred was published in 1979。 How is it that a book published over 40 years still remains relevant？ And what does that say about us？ So I stand by my point when I say Kindred is a difficult book， however， Kindred is also an essential book， a relevant and a compulsory read for everyone。 Full review on my blog: https://betweenpages。me/2021/04/01/re。。。 。。。more
Chrisitine B
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4。5 round up 。 My first Octavia Butler， I’ve put off trying because I’m not much of a sci-fi fan but this is a portal fantasy 。 Totally my thing 。 Loved her writing style。
Samantha Whitehead
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I completely understand why this book has amazing reviews。 Genuinely。 I just think that it wasn’t for me。 I wasn’t excited to read it。 It took me days longer to finish it than it normally does。
Katie Washko
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Pls read this book
AJones
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This pulled me in and kept me turning pages。 Heart-wrenching and thought-provoking。 I read this as my “book in a genre you usually avoid” challenge for 2021。 I definitely avoid science fiction， but this was a great fit for me。
Michele
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This book would probably be in put in the sci-fi genre because of the time travel。 However， it is so much more from a social justice preceptive。 The observations of a 1990 black women on the world in the early 1800s on an Maryland plantation are disturbing， thought provoking and helpful education for any one like myself born into White Privilege。
Olethros
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