I had to let this one sit in my mind for a while before I even thought about writing out my thoughts. It was intense. It was thought-provoking. It was confusing at times, thanks to the whole time-travel thing, but the point of the book was clearly not the logistics of time travel, so I let that slide. Kindred is a fascinating combination of historical fiction and sci-fi that forces readers to confront the horrors of slavery. It brings enslaved men, women, and children to life - gives them names and identities that are easy to overlook if you're just learning from a teacher or a textbook. It also gives a face to the slaveholders and what we today would consider racist and horrifying ideals, but what back then was completely normalized and rarely questioned. Hands down the most heartbreaking scene for me was when enslaved children were pretending they were at a slave auction as a form of play. Completely heartbreaking. 
 Kindred shows that even though we are a century and a half removed from the abolition of slavery, it is important to remember the atrocities that occurred, the dangers slaves faced everyday, and the mountains of obstacles they have to overcome to eventually achieve freedom.