Frances M answers “Does anyone like that the author wrote the...”

Barbara asked this question about The Underground Railroad:

Does anyone like that the author wrote the railroad as a physical, operating one? I felt it unnecessary and beyond the scope of possibility.

Frances M I think he had an agenda. I will not ever read another book by him. Let's face it in this world there is the bad and the good. I did not find to much …moreI think he had an agenda. I will not ever read another book by him. Let's face it in this world there is the bad and the good. I did not find to much good in this book. I do not believe that all plantation owners were bad people. He tried to use all of this to stir unrest even today. I was very upset with this book. Never read him again. (less)

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Megan Now bots are infiltrating goodreads?
Aug 07, 2018 10:42PM · flag

Jackmccullough @Frances M.: "He had an agenda"? You mean he was depicting slavery as an unmitigated and incomparable evil? You mean he had an agenda to depict the ra ...more
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