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It would be easy for me to recommend this book based on premise alone. Whitehead is a really unique thinker. What if the Underground Railroad was a real rail system, boom! Read it. There is a lot more to this though. The writing is excellent with evocative imagery. There were a few times I had to pause while reading because the plot was so strong and heavy.
While I for sure rooted for the main characters I didn’t get a whole picture of them. They weren’t fully developed. There were some rather gr ...more
While I for sure rooted for the main characters I didn’t get a whole picture of them. They weren’t fully developed. There were some rather gr ...more
I feel like I've read a lot of books so far this year that I don't really have any strong thoughts on. This is another one of those. It's well written, but I don't think I was thoroughly engaged while reading through it.
I've had it on my to-read list for awhile and just picked it up because it's been turned into a TV show now and I heard something intriguing about the premise that I didn't realise before that sounded really neat, but ultimately I just thought this was okay. Oh well. ...more
I've had it on my to-read list for awhile and just picked it up because it's been turned into a TV show now and I heard something intriguing about the premise that I didn't realise before that sounded really neat, but ultimately I just thought this was okay. Oh well. ...more
Incredible book. More later...
I absolutely loved this but some pacing weirdness keeps this from being five stars
I wasn’t sure what to expect. This was well written and thought-provoking.
Dec 06, 2016
Andy
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Mandy (Zen)
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Nov 22, 2019
Marie
marked it as to-read
