A review by ilovebooksalltoowell
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

4.0

When Cora learns her mother escaped the plantation they’ve lived on since she was born she is devastated. She tries to make the most of her life on the farm, until her friend Caesar asks her to try to escape with her. He has learned there is an underground railroad, run by people who help black people escape from their horrible lives. Cora’s run to freedom isn’t easy, and every time she thinks she found a safe place to stay it’s questionable if her life improved the way she hoped for…. She also tries to escape from Ridgeway, a slave hunter who can’t deal with the fact he never found her mother and is now searching for her.