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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
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Shayney
Aug 20, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I knew even before reading this book that I was going to be reading something special and something that was going to be full of emotion. The struggles that are highlighted and thrown drastically in your face in this book just hit you and show you how hard times used to be. How risky it used to be if you tried to help or make a different, but also how important those risks are because it’s better than doing nothing. How important The Underground Railroads were.

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Kathi Early
Nov 21, 2016 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I felt the story line was jumbled, skipping ahead than going back to explain how or what happened. There were too many characters and even the main characters were not developed enough to form an attachment to them. Some scenes were not even needed and did nothing to enhance the story line. An example would be the chapter on the grave robbers, one chapter and never mentioned again.

I was intrigued by the underground railroad but found this book to be lacking.
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Lauren
Aug 15, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned, top-of-pile
Denise
Dec 29, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Pennygale
Mar 04, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Megan
Jan 26, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Nikki
Feb 06, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Jesse
Apr 25, 2018 is currently reading it
Jayesh Naithani
Apr 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
Stephen
Jan 10, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
DrMary
Apr 25, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Amanda
Dec 26, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Karen
Mar 27, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ian Anderson
Apr 24, 2020 marked it as to-read
Jeff
Jan 28, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: novel, racism, history, politics, travel, religion
Paige
Jul 10, 2020 marked it as to-read
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