Review: Harlem Shuffle

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received an a Kindle ARC of this book and it also happened to be my book of the month pick for October 2021.

I picked this book because of all the buzz around this author's work. I really want to read The Underground Railroad, but this was the first book I got my hands on.

My expectations for this book were really high, but I could not get into this book at all. I stuck with it hoping it would pick up, but the pace was very slow. The story itself was okay, but we are told about events that happened rather than being part of what happened (if that makes sense). This book is definitely not a page turner; it took nearly three months to get myself through it. It was very easy to put down.

Even though I was rather disappointed with this book, I am still going to read The Underground Railroad as soon as I get my hands on it!

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