The Underground Railroad
Ratings359
Average rating4
Why do I do this to myself, why? Why do I read books that are so hard to cope with? This book is infuriating, I want to have a magic wand to erase a large part of world history. I cannot rationally accept that something like slavery ever existed but the history is what it is and history doesn't care that I'm so upset about it. Sadly, slavery doesn't exist anymore, but I see racism alive and well every single day.
If I'm able for a moment to judge the book for its literary merits, I think it is well written, with clear and engaging language and a nice way to handle timelines and multiple characters. It also paints this magical world of the underground railroad as momentary relief from the horror of real life. There are plenty of point of views and plenty of histories to highlight the many different backgrounds of the many type of people involved in that part of American History.
Why do I do this to myself, why? Why do I read books that are so hard to cope with? This book is infuriating, I want to have a magic wand to erase a large part of world history. I cannot rationally accept that something like slavery ever existed but the history is what it is and history doesn't care that I'm so upset about it. Sadly, slavery doesn't exist anymore, but I see racism alive and well every single day.
If I'm able for a moment to judge the book for its literary merits, I think it is well written, with clear and engaging language and a nice way to handle timelines and multiple characters. It also paints this magical world of the underground railroad as momentary relief from the horror of real life. There are plenty of point of views and plenty of histories to highlight the many different backgrounds of the many type of people involved in that part of American History.
Why do I do this to myself, why? Why do I read books that are so hard to cope with? This book is infuriating, I want to have a magic wand to erase a large part of world history. I cannot rationally accept that something like slavery ever existed but the history is what it is and history doesn't care that I'm so upset about it. Sadly, slavery doesn't exist anymore, but I see racism alive and well every single day.
If I'm able for a moment to judge the book for its literary merits, I think it is well written, with clear and engaging language and a nice way to handle timelines and multiple characters. It also paints this magical world of the underground railroad as momentary relief from the horror of real life. There are plenty of point of views and plenty of histories to highlight the many different backgrounds of the many type of people involved in that part of American History.
Why do I do this to myself, why? Why do I read books that are so hard to cope with? This book is infuriating, I want to have a magic wand to erase a large part of world history. I cannot rationally accept that something like slavery ever existed but the history is what it is and history doesn't care that I'm so upset about it. Sadly, slavery doesn't exist anymore, but I see racism alive and well every single day.
If I'm able for a moment to judge the book for its literary merits, I think it is well written, with clear and engaging language and a nice way to handle timelines and multiple characters. It also paints this magical world of the underground railroad as momentary relief from the horror of real life. There are plenty of point of views and plenty of histories to highlight the many different backgrounds of the many type of people involved in that part of American History.
