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.
Jennifer Baldy I didn't like it at first, but as it went along the metaphor of looking out the window to see nothing but darkness as the "true face of America", and …moreI didn't like it at first, but as it went along the metaphor of looking out the window to see nothing but darkness as the "true face of America", and at the end when she feels the tunnel and interprets it, I ended up liking it. It was good way to zoom to the next location in the story, where it would be difficult follow or leave out a journey on foot.(less)
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by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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