A review by karingforbooks
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Overall, it was a great story with poignant quotes and virtual reality throughout. It lost a star because the chronology wasn’t clear a lot and I had to go back sometimes and figure out what year we were in or if it was a flashback. That took me out of the story. It’s a great book about the Underground Railroad, actual railroad though it wasn’t, and the effort, fear, courage and strength it took conductors and runaways both to operate and use it. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings