A review by stellamcvey
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Never has so much happened in a book and I’ve felt no big reaction. I guess the issue for me is that it was so intensely episodic that it was really difficult to get attached to any of the side characters, so when they died I didn’t really care. As an exploration of the horrors of slavery it was extremely effective however and that was when the emotional stuff hit hard.
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