Hawke
08-08-2008, 9:31 PM
The Color of Water by James McBride is a story told through flashbacks of a son learning about his mother and more importantly himself. Each chapter switches from the point of view of the son, who tells the story through flashbacks starting from his early childhood right up to the point of him writing this book, to the point of view of his mother telling him about her childhood and early adulthood.
It was a book I had to read for some dumbass summer assignment for school, and if it wasn't for the gay questions that I had to answer about it, I thought this book was pretty good. The only book I've ever liked that I've read in school in my 11 years of going was Lord of the Flies, and this is the second. Albeit I would get bored of it after about 35-40 pages and I did have to struggle a bit to get that 50 pages-a-day I wanted to complete the book in about a week(whereas books I really enjoy I can read from start to finish and I have to struggle to put it down to do something else), but overall I enjoyed it. I know it sounds sappy but it was a pretty emotional book. Though I probably would have liked it a lot more if the mother had actually died, that would have made it awesome in a very sad way
I wouldn't really recommend this book to any normal 11th grade guy or girl, but if you are one that has to read it for school don't put it off so easily. For anyone else (ie: adults) who enjoy a short but good read I suggest picking it up, atleast at the library.
It was a book I had to read for some dumbass summer assignment for school, and if it wasn't for the gay questions that I had to answer about it, I thought this book was pretty good. The only book I've ever liked that I've read in school in my 11 years of going was Lord of the Flies, and this is the second. Albeit I would get bored of it after about 35-40 pages and I did have to struggle a bit to get that 50 pages-a-day I wanted to complete the book in about a week(whereas books I really enjoy I can read from start to finish and I have to struggle to put it down to do something else), but overall I enjoyed it. I know it sounds sappy but it was a pretty emotional book. Though I probably would have liked it a lot more if the mother had actually died, that would have made it awesome in a very sad way
I wouldn't really recommend this book to any normal 11th grade guy or girl, but if you are one that has to read it for school don't put it off so easily. For anyone else (ie: adults) who enjoy a short but good read I suggest picking it up, atleast at the library.