1st Thoughts

The first chapter of Kindred successfully did it's job by actively drawing me into the story and keeping me interested. At first I was hesitant about the concept of time travel and American slavery together, but the fact that it started with a woman's arm being amputated and the fast pace of the story did the trick. The main questions that came into my mind upon reading the first chapter regarded the method or purpose of Dana's journey through time, why Rufus was a significant enough character to pull Dana back in time, and how it came to be that her arm is being cut off. Overall, the book looked like it would make for an interesting read, if nothing else.