《The Stars Shine Down》经典读后感有感
《The Stars Shine Down》是一本由Sidney Sheldon著作,Warner Books出版的Mass Market Paperback图书,本书定价:USD 7.99,页数:416,特精心从网络上整理的一些读者的读后感,希望对大家能有帮助。
《The Stars Shine Down》精选点评:
●第二本Sidney Sheldon很过瘾
●基本上能猜到结局。除了几个主角,最欣赏的人物是Lara的秘书Marian,善良又聪明。“I think i understand her better thanyou do. Lara is maddly in love with you.She would do anyting to hold on to you.""let's forget all this, If you bring this up to her, it won't do any good, and it will only make things worse between the two fo you, i can easily find another job","life is not always fair"
●生命中有贵人,有敌人,有爱人。
●Sheldon 的小说总是美丽机智却命运多舛的女主角,身边是人见人爱白莲花的男一,霸道总裁式黑帮痞帅男二,也少不了仰望女主默默奉献的男闺蜜。
●2015.9.17~9.20
●被侵犯的文字描述简直是太赞了
●厉害的女人
●星都是给结尾的
●Easy to read , but I would rather read sth else than waste time on this .
●An unexpected ending.
《The Stars Shine Down》读后感(一):很成功的畅销书,拿起来放不下型的
和西德尼谢尔顿的其他作品一样,这本书是非常成功的畅销书。情节紧凑吸引人,一拿起来就放不下。等飞机、坐地铁的时候看最合适,可以很快的投入进去而感觉不到时间的流逝。
其他的要求就不要太高,思想深度啦,哲学基础啦谈不上;消磨时间,愉悦身心足以。
《The Stars Shine Down》读后感(二):一个女人和三个男人的故事
一个女人和三个男人的故事。
我看爱得最强烈的还是那个最不吸引人的助手。可惜女主人公不爱他。
天才钢琴家嘛,挺感性的,也通情达理,只是有点温吞水。相较而言,我倒是觉得女主人公喜欢他有点莫明其妙。
黑手党老头 老牛吃嫩草,又通情达理,本是英雄人物。可惜烈士暮年,被黄花闺女死缠烂打,硬生生拉下了水。老年人戒之在恐惧和害怕失去。
常常是这样,生命中有贵人,有敌人,有爱人。
人生复杂。
这铁蝴蝶到最后,又被西德尼老先生幽默了一回。
我感觉最佳的侧面人物 还是 两个老头。一个帮他起家的老头,一个帮他摆平一切的老头。描写得非常成功,也许西德尼本身就是老头,对老头子的英雄暮年的无奈感叹最深吧。
《The Stars Shine Down》读后感(三):权色交易
今年的第四本原著,也是西德尼的,一开始感觉女主太顺了,看的感觉不是还好,一半之后情节才开始反转。小说一开始用到了结尾的情节,然后才开始从女主小的时候开始写起。
女主Lara出生在一个小城市,他的父亲一事无成,最后娶了lara的妈妈,然而她的外公因为看不惯lara的父亲,所以完全不管他们,她的父亲最后帮当地一个银行家收租。而lara的妈妈就在她出生时死了,lara完全被她的父亲放弃了,他的父亲完全不管她,直到有一天她的父亲也快死了,lara只能帮他父亲收租了,lara自己跟银行家自己可以胜任,最后的确胜任了。
然后lara的野心开始膨胀,她想要在她所在城市建一个购物广场,她联系到了其他城市来的一个投资人,但是没有钱,只能去找那个银行家要钱了,那个银行家说要陪他睡才行,lara就这样失去了贞操。最后lara在她的朋友帮助下成功了。
Lara野心继续膨胀,离开家乡去了芝加哥,然后在芝加哥成功忽悠了银行家,建立了自己的公司。Howard成为了她的主要助理,Howard爱上了lara.
Lara继续往纽约扩展,在纽约他差点输光全部,幸好她遇到了一个黑社会出身的martin,martin帮她度过了难关,lara感动了,所以就跟martin睡了,martin也感觉自己年轻很多。
然而lara却不满足这些,有次在伦敦遇到一位巨星级别的钢琴歌手Philip,然后爱上了他,lara经过一系列的行动,成功和philip结婚了,但是结婚了他们两个都是大忙人,两人在一起的时间太少了,lara表现了不满。然后转折发生了,philip被人弄坏了双手,无法再演出了。Philip很沮丧,对未来失去了信心。而lara的摩天大厦却缺少资金,无法完工,将破产。
然后警察查出了指导暗算philip的幕后杀手是lara的助理Howard,howard最后被爱情冲昏头脑,进了监狱,lara破产了然后企图东山再起。
结局没看懂,前面有点失望,铺垫太多了,一半后的剧情比较紧凑,推荐。
《The Stars Shine Down》读后感(四):所谓爱,所谓命运——初读《The Stars Shine Down》
idney Sheldon1993年9月出版的小说,开篇的场景是1992.9.10地产大亨Lara Cameron的生日晚宴,暴雨中私人飞机穿云而过,风驰电掣匆忙赶赴到富丽堂皇的晚宴大厅却空无一人……巨大的悬念一直贯穿到最后一章,不得不承认,的确在意料之外。
整部小说就是 Iron Butterfly的奋斗史,从悲惨的童年生存之艰(母亲难产而死,父亲在妓院厮混);到付出高昂代价的第一桶金;再到小有资财横扫芝加哥,征战纽约;之后迅速崛起名扬天下。仰仗眼光独到行事果断,事必躬亲魅力非凡,属员死心塌地为其卖命,黑手党巨头无微不至保驾护航,凶险敌手悉数落马,再加上冠绝天下的音乐家甜蜜绝伦的爱情,如此人生应有尽有,羡煞旁人。然而物极必反,暗潮涌动,星宵陨落却又是另一番光景,幸而作者心存体恤,金融帝国崩塌后反而是一派幸福祥和。
作为长篇小说篇幅并不长,不足10万词,中文版估计也不过20万字,三四个钟头就可搂完,然而英文版却读了整整一个礼拜,被迫拉长的时间使思绪在在各章间留白处肆意蔓延,幻想着情节的各种可能——“果不出所料,我就说嘛”却远少于“又被Sidney这老家伙玩了”……譬如全书最大的悬念就是谁袭击了Lara的丈夫,毁其演奏家的前程,虽疑团重重,可直到倒数第11页,我仍然觉得是Poul所为,结果……
Lara童年时父亲对命运的咒骂激起Lara义无反顾抗争,可以说是注入了她的性格,大风大浪之后几被“命运”击倒——It's the Fates,you can't fight the Fates,可最后又是她命中的Lochinvar将其从地狱中赎回……
有三个人义无返顾的爱着她,用其各自的方式。
最无望的爱得最惨烈。一个前棒球未来之星,为了照顾被出轨父亲抛弃的中风母亲(先被抛弃,后中风),放弃闪耀的未来,甘心做一名银行小职员,照顾母亲终老。之后遇到初到芝加哥打天下的Lara,从此义无反顾战斗在女神身边,无比忠诚绝对执行,不惜为其卖力工作以至失忆,不惜为其买凶杀人,不惜为其下地狱,然而,Lara不爱他。
最痛苦的爱得最残酷。一个纯粹的黑手党,一个强大得可以左右Lara一切的前情人,得而复失,满心的苦涩浸泡在西西里的血液中——They never forgive,and they never forget.抱着同归于尽的觉悟最后还是爱占了上风,爱她就放她走……
最幸福的爱其实很质朴却也不简单。卓越的天才音乐家在痛失职业前途满怀愤恨时不顾矛头所指仍选择相信爱人,在金融帝国崩塌时仍不离不弃。能收获这样的爱情输了一切又如何。
这是读Sidney的第二本,感觉比《The Sky Is Falling》写的精彩,亦或是英文水平提高了读出了更多细节?怎样都好。
那么继续吧。
《The Stars Shine Down》读后感(五):Parts are good, parts are ok.
The storyline goes around with the life of Lara Cameron.She was smart and ambtious since she was a little girl. With luck and intelligence, she managed to be one of the top real estate developers in the world. But the story was more than that. Lara's life was also interwined with three other men, Howard Keller, her banker, Phillip Alder, her husband and Paul Martin, her ex-lover. These three men all fell helplessly in love with her. Howard was always there for Lara. He helped Lara build up her buildings and her fame and loved Lara for her beauty and bravety. Paul Martin, Lara's old time lover, also helped Lara a lot for her business, but was a cruel and possessive person. Phillip Alder, a world-known pianist, however, was the only love for Lara. Lara loved him at first sight, and they got married after only meeting for several months. But weird things kept happening, Lara was facing liscence charges in the bid for her casino in Reno. And Phillip's left hand was stashed in a robbery. When things couldn’t be much worse, the truth revealed itself. It was Howard paid someone to give Phillip some lesson when he learned that Phillip was always on tour and didn’t care about Lara at all. And it was Paul behind the plot trying to drag Lara down when he found he can no longer have Lara. When Howard was arrested and Paul decided not to take down Lara, Lara was finally free.
Lara was a complicated character. She was daring when it came to give orders and go all out for her plans. She was never afraid of any competitors' threat and was a real iron butterfly. On the other side, she also has a very feminine side. When her colleagues got sick, she did everything she could to help them and acted totally different from she did at work. And also, she loved with all her heart to Phillip. She was so caring and loving after Phillip got attacked though herself, was facing tremendous pressure at work. So I like Lara on the whole. She was some character we can relate to in real life.
The story was great at the beginning, marverlous in the middle with some really intense charpters, O.K in the end. A good treat, anyway.