To be honest, When I first heard the title of the book we were to read next, I was not excited at all. The title alone sounded boring and did not make me want to read a single page. Mrs. Leffler said that most students either love it or hate it, which concerned me. I'm one of those people who have a strong opinion about almost everything; something I love I can complete with utmost passion, but if I don't like it, it's an act of congress to get myself to finish it. But I gave The Color of Water a stab.
Oddly enough, I don't have a strong opinion about the book yet. I'm not losing sleep to see what happens in chapter 10, but I am slightly anxious to see where the story goes. I find this story hard to relate to. I come from a loving Christian family and haven't had to deal with racism in daily life. That may be just because I've only lived 17 years, but I hope to never have to face that.
I do really like the story of how she's converted from being Jewish to Christian. It's neat to hear her explain how she now finds the rituals of Judaism legalistic and unnecessary to her faith. I think that's still a major problem in even "christian" churches today and not a lot of people address it.
I'm going to give this book the benefit of the doubt. I do want to enjoy it, so maybe in the next few chapters it'll get even better.
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