Kindred

bea_2061 shared a tip "Love Octavia Butler's work. Strong female characters, great stories. This was my 1st introduction to her work. Who doesn't love a good time travel story. But how she does this story line was amazing. Such a syfi fan truly enjoy"

erin_obrien_4162 shared a tip "I’m currently reading Washington Black which is excellent. Also recently loved Future Home of the Living God and The Good Poeple."

shereen_samuels shared a tip "I read it so long ago, Ella, my memory of it is super vague, and keeps getting mixed up with the Pattern is series in my head. Time for a reread, I think Have you read NK Jemison? I see such a strong link between her writing and Octavia Butler's."

noisha_curry shared a tip "I thought the entire thing was intriguing but I think the ending and the analysis afterward were fantastic. Octavia Butler has a way of explaining things so simply and yet still managing to pack in so much meaning and insight in to her works."

audiobookie shared a tip "I didn’t know anything about this book before I read it, picked it up solely on recommendation of a trusted friend and WOW they didn’t steer me wrong! This is a compelling story with an interesting time travel dynamic and realistically complicated characters. I loved the MC’s pragmatism."

tranise_foster shared a tip "This book is one of my absolute favorites. I love it. It was very different for me. The mixture of historical fiction and science fiction was refreshing for me. But this story was an original one that left a huge impression on me. I hope you love it too"

avery_anderson_1290 shared a tip "This book is unique in that it throws you directly into the environment of the slave south and forces you to confront the horrors of it head on. The first-person perspective amplifies this effect. I've never really read anything like it. Octavia Butler is a fantastic writer and I would encourage you to read this if you're looking to learn more about the experiences of the black slaves in the 1800s. Warning though, it can be very intense at times."

alex_chock shared a tip "If you liked Kindred I highly recommend other books by Octavia Butler. Parable of the Sower, Dawn, or Wild Seed. Wild seed is the first book in the Patternmaster series and it's unlike anything I've read before, Patternmaster series is perhaps her best work in my opinion."

glaivemaiden shared a tip "I'm trying not to be hyperbolic, but when I say this is the best novel I've ever read, it doesn't feel like hyperbole. This novel is as timely now as it was when it was published, and it's required reading for anyone who balks at the idea of critical race theory being taught in schools. A novel should make you think long and hard about what the author is trying to tell you, and after a week, I'm still dissecting Kindred. When fiction comes as close to reality as this, that's mandatory."

kimyan_gage shared a tip "Imagine being sucked back in time by an ancestor in need only to find out that he's a slave owner and if you don't keep him and your great great grandmother alive you won't exist. But his cruelty leaves you torn because your action or lack of action changes everything, not only for you but the slaves on his plantation.."

dixiechick33 shared a tip "This is the most awful book I couldn’t stop reading. The narrative grows progressively more aggressive and hopeless and yet the incredible writing and craft made it so I couldn’t put it down."

kelly_pruett shared a tip "This book was recommended to me by a wonderful small bookstore in Dover, NH and it did not disappoint. The writing is wonderful and the story though not a typical genre for me was captivating. I highly recommend this book."

aNewHeartRocks shared a tip "Audiobook was amazing...I binged this timeless classic. Gritty, compelling and way ahead of its time, capturing what we now call "collective memory.""

sara_prada shared a tip "I was in 7th grade when my mother took me to join a book club. It was at Marcus Books (Historical Black Bookstore) and Kindred was what we were reading. This was my first taste of Octavia Butler's work, and it is incredible. She changed my life with her work. She is greatly missed, but lives on in her words she left behind."

joanna_barnes shared a tip "This book is a great story about a woman coming to understand her family's story through slavery. Octavia Butler is one ofmy favorite authors and this is probably my favorite of hers."

sarah_wong shared a tip "expert use of the time travel trope to highlight the intergenerational consequences of American slavery. I think about this story often."

sharky_bruce shared a tip "Everything Butler writes is gold. She has a compelling writing style that breathes life into her characters, and the tales she tells really get the mind moving."