Kindred.

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kindred.

Octavia e.butler.

Publisher  Beacon Press.

Publication Date: February 1,2004.

Genre:  Historical Fiction|Science Fiction.

 Format|Pages: Kindle|287.

 Source: Goodreads| Library. 

CONTAINS SPOILERS

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...

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This was… I do not think I have the words to explain all the feelings that I am having about this book. I do know that KINDRED is a story that I will not forget. I finished the book last night, and I am still thinking about the story. KINDRED is a heartbreaking story but the one that should be read by everyone, the one that will be remembered for years to come. I love time travel books and have read a few of them through the years. KINDRED is unlike any time travel book that I have read before. Dana does time travel, but she travels back to the time that was real, to the time when slavery was legal. I remember when I learned about that time when I was in high school. Slavery was one of the hardest subjects to learn and read about. It was the same as I read KINDRED . It is impossible to read the book without going through the emotions. You will cry, get angry, and hope. Every time that Dana ended up there, I was rooting for her to be able to escape before she was hurt, or worse, killed.



At first, I wasn’t sure if her husband, Kevin, believed her. He saw her vanish, but I do not think he believed her where she was. Not until he ended up time traveling with her. Kevin might not go through what Dana went through, but it was clear that it was hard on him when he came back. Dana, I cannot even begin to imagine to have to go through what she went through, especially since she was born free. I feel as if nobody believed her when she told him or her. She had no proof. Even Rufus did not seem to believe her that she was married to Kevin. It was hard to read about what all the slaves had to go through, the harsh treatments they had to deal back then. I cannot even begin to imagine how it must be during that time. OCTAVIA E. BUTLER transformed to that time along with Dana, and I felt as I was there. I could feel all the pain and fear.



Rufus. I wanted to like him, and at first, I did. That did not last; I could tell that he was turning into his father. What I could not understand is why Dana kept on rescuing him when he got himself into trouble, why she kept on helping me. If it were me, I would stop supporting him a long time ago. Rufus might have saved her few times, but at the same time, he put her through so much. Rufus was not the kind of character that you could like. Not once did I feel sorry for him. KINDRED is a beautifully written novel, and I found myself reading it until I reached the end. This is a hard subject to learn, but I feel as if it something that everyone should check out.