“Repressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of ‘wrong’ ideas.”
From the very first page, I couldn’t put Kindred down. Butler has an incredible voice and way of bringing her reader into the heart and head of her narrator, making you not just feel for Dana, but feel what Dana is feeling. Butler’s perfect balance between science fiction and historical fiction is hard to achieve and she exceeds expectations. I’d be curious to know how this story would differ had it been written today and had Dana been coming home to Kevin in 2021, but maybe the power of Butler’s words is that it wouldn’t differ really at all.