What readers think of The Color of Water, plus links to write your own review.

I felt the book was tedious. I thought the book would be more engaging. I think the author missed writing good book.

The most informative was Ruth's interview at the last of the book, where I gained the most understanding.
I relate it to the Ditch Digger's Daughters. A character comparison sees both obsessed with education using musical instruments to occupy a young mind. No tv? No babysitters? Required to be inside from 5 o'clock on? Ruth working at night?
The author himself almost torpedoing his life by throwing away his junior year which kept him from the choice school. He himself says he was lucky that crack hadn't hit the streets yet.
Possibly her choice of 12 children had to do with her guilt over her abortion at 15. Or that she needed the close association of family which her own denied her.
The Glass Castle made into a movie depicts much the same for an outcome of a dysfunctional family. A lucky contact with a film crew saved the author allowing her to save the others.
Did anyone posting here actually read this book?

This is one of my favorite books.

Hello, I am a 17 years old high school senior who was assigned this book as my summer reading. Now, I read the book from cover to cover and and i thought it was a well written and detailed Memoir about a man (The author) who was on a journey to find himself. I also feel that there were many topics touch upon but not explained. Everything in the book was personal history and not written off of others/general public. Now this is where my classmates come in. One of them made a comment saying the book was "depressing and racist" (they also were only half way through the book) I know that opinions are never true or false but i actually disagreed and i thought that by giving some insight on what this man's intent was it may help them understand the book more. Unfortunately it turned into a heated debate about what the book was about. I gave them detail and back up why the book is not racist. I told them it was a topic used to perpetuate the continuation of the story.
Now am I wrong for giving my honest opinion about the book (seeing that we will be tested on it and asked questions anyway) and do you think that it is a "racist" book or are they not reading enough into the actual story?

This was one of the most memorable books I've ever read. It's been many years since I read it and was so impressed with it that I passed it on. The title says it all.

In my opinion this is a good story because people were all brought up in a different way & this story may help you change your perspective on some things in your life or others.

I liked this book a lot. I liked reading about someone else's life and how it pertained to mine.

I like this story because it reminder me from the past and the present and future with my families. And this story based on the real life of histories with family.