4.5/5, really. Kindred is an astonishing novel with a lot to unpack. The only thing that bothers me about it is in the setup - the "Oh well, I guess I'm time travelling against my will, shit happens" aspect of it, where nobody ever asks why and how this is going on. I don't need reasons, but I need the characters to want them.

Once that's past, though, the past is present in all its messiness.