Washington Black

The adventurous story of a young slave who with the help of an eccentric scientist flees his plantation, sees the world and discovers his true calling. Yet it's far from as simple as this description might make it sound. You add the prejudices a young black man encounters in the 19th century. And his personal conflicting relationship with the figures of his past.

While this was an entertaining fast-paced audiobook to listen to, there seemed to be something off in the balance. It felt it had maybe too few adventures for being good adventure yarn, but it also had too many side quests and quirky characters for being a character study.

3.5 rounded down