Kindred

Deceptively simple prose, a wide and complicated spanning of human emotions, and time travel that feels almost natural. I can't believe this book was written in 1979.

This was great. For lack of any good comparisons, because this book is pretty genre-defying, her writing reminded me a bit of Philip K. Dick, in that the general ideas and plot execution are really interesting, and the social commentary is direct without being too heavy-handed; similarly to Dick, too, the dialogue is relatively stilted.

Still, it's a really interesting read.

I'm not very much into time travel tales, but this one is terrifying, riveting and irresistible. Worth a read for the chills and the chance to reflect on racial issues.