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The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

Start date: February 1, 2017

Finish date: February 28, 2017

Discussion: 2017 Monthly challenge

Why we're reading this: The prompt for February's monthly challenge is "written by a person of color." We've chosen The Undergrou…more
[close] The prompt for February's monthly challenge is "written by a person of color." We've chosen The Underground Railroad as our group read. Participation is optional.

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Jan 28, 2017 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-books, library, read-in-2017, 5-star-reads

This book should be required reading. There are a lot of good discussion points that would benefit us all to talk about and remember. My only complaint was the way the book ended. It was very abrupt and I didn't feel it fully wrapped the story up.

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Jan 07, 2017 Joan rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club-library

Probably closer to 3.5. This book combine historical fiction, some factual information, and a bit of fantasy into a pretty interesting read. What it doesn't have is strong character development, especially of the main character, Cora.
Liked it even better the second time, felt more of Cora's character coming through. ...more

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