The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, tells the story of Cora, a young enslaved woman on her journey to escape the harsh reality of her captives during the African Holocaust.

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Cora is alone on the plantation,living in exile among other women (Hob Women). Her grandmother is long gone and her mom seems to have escaped without a thought for her daughter. Faced with the atrocities of being an enslaved woman, Cora really has no ideas of running away until she is apporoached by Caesar. 

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Caesar feels that Cora must be good luck because her mother escaped and was never caught. Cora thinks he's foolish and wants nothing to do with his plans, at first. Colson's writing style is not something that will draw you in. The novel is mostly him telling the story with a minimum amount of dialogue.

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There are a few scenes that draw you in, especially since the "Underground Railroad" is an actual rairoad in this book. My expectations for this story was for it to be a natural tear jerker, but it was anything but that. No character seemed to be fully deveoped and it was quite a dissapointment. I didn't walk away with an image of Cora or Caesar in my head. I felt emotions from the characters here and there, but that also felt undeveloped. I give this story 3/5 stars because the author is still extremely talented, and was able to bring up thought provoking details that make you question the hearts and minds of the human race.