Helpful Score: 2
Amazing!... Incredibly written story! I never expected to get so caught up in this book, but once I picked it up I wasn't able to put it down. I like to read a lot of times before going to sleep, reading seems to help me fall asleep better. But with this book I wanted to tape my eyelids open and smack myself every 10 minutes to stay awake to read it! I just could not put the book down until I knew what happened to the baby Peter and his mother Marie. The characters in this book are so real to life, and their circumstances are very beleivable. I can only imagine what it was like to live during this time period (1850). Melanie Dobson is an awesome author. This is one of those books where you forget that you are reading, and feel that you are right there experiencing everything as it unfolds. Absolutely loved this book!
I wasn't too sure I wanted to read this book, but it was loaned to me with a good recommendation, so decided to give it a try. Not much romance, but there seemed to be something drawing me back. I've learned enough through history to know that the things Ms. Dobson wrote about could possibly have happened similiarly to the way she portrayed them. Probably much worse things happened, too. She tackled a not-so-pleasant part of American history and ended up with a pretty good story.
I thought the idea of this story sounded great, but overall, I found it to be a bit bland.
There just really wasn't any depth to the characters, and I didn't think there was nearly enough suspense.
The romance was almost non-existent, and only came into play in the last 40 pages or so.
I had also hoped for more details from the historical events the book is based on (the Underground Railroad).
The book just kind of seemed to skim the surface of everything, and I found it to be somewhat lacking.
There just really wasn't any depth to the characters, and I didn't think there was nearly enough suspense.
The romance was almost non-existent, and only came into play in the last 40 pages or so.
I had also hoped for more details from the historical events the book is based on (the Underground Railroad).
The book just kind of seemed to skim the surface of everything, and I found it to be somewhat lacking.
I loved this story because the romantic parts were in the background and the abolition and work towards saving the oppressed was on the forefront. It was beautiful and I loved the whole story. It is about a Quaker woman who works in the underground railroad and has to make sure no one figures out what she is doing with trying to bring slaves to Canada. There is a man who writes for the newspaper who is outspoken about ending slavery who catches her eye, but she stays single for the sake of helping others, such as a young woman named Marie and her son Peter.
