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3.5 stars “All men are created equal, unless we decide you are not a man.” I was really looking forward to this read! I had an interesting relationship with The Intuitionist , having read it in college and not quite grasped it then came back to it later and enjoyed it more. I love everything that Leggi tutto

This is my first read by Colson Whitehead and it makes me think his style may not be to my tastes. It's personal preference, I'm sure. There are some beautiful sentences, some genius structural choices, and many great ideas. Indeed, the re-imagining of history where the Underground Railroad is an act Leggi tutto

Excellent writing, strong concept. I am personally burnt out on slavery narratives so I cannot say this was a pleasure to read. So much unrelenting horror. Whitehead does an excellent job of portraying slavery and America as a slave nation. The idea of the underground railroad, as an actual railroad Leggi tutto

For nearly twenty years the work of Colson Whitehead has been published to wide acclaim, his fiction and nonfiction both receiving many accolades. For this reason I was eager to have the chance to read his new novel that focused on the origination of the race debate in America—slavery. This new nove Leggi tutto

Every year, I have either never heard of the films nominated for the Best Picture Academy award or when I see them, I don’t think the movie is all that great; long drawn out scenes with landscapes, close ups of glowering faces, monotonous dialogue, etc. I know that every movie doesn’t have to be act Leggi tutto

What a world, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. Was she out of bondage or in its web: how to describe the status of a runaway? Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close, but from outside, from the empty meadow,

A good read and Pulitzer Prize winner, with so many reviews already, I’ll make this brief. The main character is a young woman slave who hates her missing mother for having escaped when she was a child. A young man plans to escape from the Georgia plantation and invites her to go with him, partly bec Leggi tutto

I can't believe it's only been a month since I read this book. Not only because a one-month review time turnaround is actually very good for me, but because it feels like this book changes your way of thinking. Or maybe not quite - maybe like it opens your eyes to different perceptions, that it refram Leggi tutto

3.5 stars rounded up. This is a difficult book to read with the horrific treatment and gruesome punishments of African American slaves so much a part of the narrative, but it is essential that we read this and other books like it . We need these powerful, compelling and gut wrenching reminders of wha Leggi tutto