The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad is a 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, bestselling author Colson Whitehead. The content is about a beautiful travel that chronicles a young slave’s adventures as she tries to escape the horrors of bondage, pursuing freedom in life in the South..

Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book.

Review 1: The Underground Railroad audiobook by JQR

Stupendous book, hard to follow in audio

I started this on a drive but ended up buying the Kindle version and reading it. It’s one of the best books I ever read; deeply moving, vivid, and important. But his time cuts and character introductions make it hard to follow as a listener. The reader was fine; it’s the book’s structure that’s challenging.

Review 2: The Underground Railroad audiobook by Nicole

Hard to follow in audio format

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The story is fascinating and important, but there are aspects to the story that make it hard to follow in this format. It felt like there were opening quotes, or ads searching for missing slaves at the introduction of each chapter, which didn’t translate well in audio. There is also quite a bit of reminiscing done by the characters which also became difficult to understand.I may go back and re-read this sometime because I feel like I kept missing parts. I would recommend the book, but I would recommend reading it as opposed to listening.

Review 3: The Underground Railroad audiobook by serine

Great info, weak story

The subject matter is wonderful and I applaud the efforts of the author to include many details that are often isolated to academic articles. However, though strong on the academic side, the storytelling failed to engage me in the way that really good historical fiction should. I feel almost bad giving a book with a fantastic subject less than a fantastic review, but it simply didn’t live up to the hype. The good news is that there is still room for an author who can provide excellent research *and* an engaging story.

I would say that the subject matter is important enough that I would recommend this book, even if the story could have been better.

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