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In a snug New England fishing village, Charlie St. Cloud tends the lawns and monuments of an ancient cemetery where his younger brother, Sam, is buried. After surviving the car accident that claimed his brother's life, Charlie is graced with an extraordinary gift: He can see, talk to, and even play catch with Sam's spirit. Into this magical world comes Tess Carroll, a captivating woman training for a solo sailing trip around the globe. Fate steers her boat into a treacherous storm that propels her into Charlie's life. Their beautiful and uncommon connection leads to a race against time and a choice between death and life, between the past and the future, between holding on and letting go and the discovery that miracles can happen if we simply open our hearts.
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The eponymous hero of The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud is a good boy; an American teenager who works hard at school, is good at sport and loves his mum and his little brother Sam. And then one terrible day, tragically, he finds himself responsible for Sam's death. Charlie dies too for a brief moment but is brought back to life by the skill of a paramedic. From that moment on, Charlie makes a sacrificial decision to live his life in the past. Until that is, he meets tough but beautiful yachtswoman Tess and he has to rethink life and death.
Ben Sherwood's novel is an unusual love story set against a background of bereavement and grief. Sherwood is a former TV news producer and journalist so not surprisingly this, his second novel, is perfectly well written, has attractive characters and a compelling story line. Yet, disappointingly, it feels one-dimensional, wholly predictable and ultimately, unsatisfying.
Rights to the film version were sold even before The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud was published and perhaps herein lies the answer. It is easy to visualise on celluloid: a feel-good, light romance with equal measure of tears and smiles, not too demanding. Tess could have been written for Julia Roberts.
Maybe it wasn't written as a film script, but what's missing is what could have made this a great book. After all, the central theme affects us all: what happens after death and, perhaps far more importantly, what happens to the living, left behind to mourn and cope? If you're looking for meaningful insights and serious answers, this is sadly not the place to find them. --Carey Green --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。
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映画はかなり設定を変えてあるようです。
でも、私のなかでは完璧にCharlie=Zacです。
だからこそ読み切れました 笑
[感想]
いやー、Charlieかっこいい。
約束を13年(映画だと5年)も守り続けるんだもん。
それが正しいかどうかは別としてもね。
泣けるとこも結構あるけど、ちょっとTessと出会うまでが長い…
Tessと出会ってからは一気に読めました。
ま、辞書使ったけど!!
”低体温症”なんて単語知らないです。
でも、英語自体は読みやすいと思います。
そうだなぁ…
一言でいったら、"Restart"？
Spiritualが苦手でなければ、読んでみて下さい。
でも、私のなかでは完璧にCharlie=Zacです。
だからこそ読み切れました 笑
[感想]
いやー、Charlieかっこいい。
約束を13年(映画だと5年)も守り続けるんだもん。
それが正しいかどうかは別としてもね。
泣けるとこも結構あるけど、ちょっとTessと出会うまでが長い…
Tessと出会ってからは一気に読めました。
ま、辞書使ったけど!!
”低体温症”なんて単語知らないです。
でも、英語自体は読みやすいと思います。
そうだなぁ…
一言でいったら、"Restart"？
Spiritualが苦手でなければ、読んでみて下さい。
1 人中、1人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
形式:ペーパーバック
I read this book after watching the movie "Charlie St. Cloud", and I am really glad the order was so. There are so much details in the book that just simply cannot be captured in a motion picture. I still like the movie and think it was excellently filmed, but to be able to read the book was really an enlightening experience.
The experience of the characters in the book helps me recall how fortunate I am to have the life I have. It reminds me to live each day to the fullness, and be aware of each moment's beauty on earth.
Without hesitation, I would highly recommend this book to any one.
The experience of the characters in the book helps me recall how fortunate I am to have the life I have. It reminds me to live each day to the fullness, and be aware of each moment's beauty on earth.
Without hesitation, I would highly recommend this book to any one.
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EVERYTHING a novel should be!!
2004/3/26
形式:ハードカバー
Here's how good this book is: the second I finished it, I picked up the phone and called my brother, to whom I hadn't spoken in ten years! It moved me that much. Incredible.
The love between Charlie and Sam, their brotherly bond that literally defies death, is one of the most startlingly moving and beautiful relationships I've encountered.
And that's just ONE of the incredibly gorgeous and powerful relationships among the characters in this amazing book, only ONE of the zillion levels on which it works:
It's charming, funny, even quirky at times.
It gives such vivid descriptions of places I've never been, and now want to visit (hey Marblehead Chamber of Commerce: throw Sherwood a parade TODAY!).
It brought me into worlds I never knew I even cared about until now -- cemeteries, sailing, the Red Sox (this book made this diehard Yankee fan cry over some Sox fans -- now THAT'S saying something!).
It's just plain wonderfully written -- spare, light prose that sneaks up on you, and before you know it, BING, you're crying, laughing, the works.
I still recommend Sherwood's last book about the guy that eats the airplane. But now I have to recommend two books, because this one is a MUST READ!
Unforgettable.
31 人中、30人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Sentimental tear jerker
2004/4/13
形式:ハードカバー
Having read Sherwood's "The Man Who Ate the 747," I was looking forward to reading this novel. However, it was a bit too sentimental for my tastes and was not as good as the author's previous book. Charlie St. Cloud has a near death experience after getting involved in a car collision that kills his younger brother Sam. After this experience, he can see the deceased while their earthbound spirits have yet to pass into the next plane of the afterlife. The years pass, and Charlie meets with Sam's spirit every evening at sundown, honoring a promise to stick by his brother forever. They spend their time together playing ball and hanging out in the cemetary where Charlie works. Then Tess enters Charlie's life after she narrowly escapes a watery end at sea when her sailing ship founders during a storm. Charlie is now torn between loyalty to Sam and his love for Tess.
The story is populated with a series of interesting and endearing characters, but the relationship between Charlie and Sam is idealized to the point of incredulity. There are some well written passages that make the reader feel the sea spray in their face and see the beauty of sunset over a harbor town. The description of the afterlife is a comforting one, and the concept of love transcending the boundaries of life and death is inspirational. This is a ghost story and an emotional love story, but taken together it is too unbelievable to fully work for me. It is suspenseful, but the author's manipulation of the story line to keep the reader guessing is transparently deliberate. The plot reminds me of a cross between the movies "Field of Dreams," "Ghost," and "Sixth Sense," but not as well executed. If you enjoy heartrending love stories and books like "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" you will probably enjoy this book. Have your tissues ready when you read it, since it is a real tear jerker.
Eileen Rieback
13 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Sherwood strikes again...somehow, someway...
2004/6/19
形式:ハードカバー
I love Ben Sherwood. I admit that upfront. He is a wonderful writer and "The Man who Ate the 747" is one of my favorite books. That spirit of wonder and love has not left the quill (I doubt he actually writes with a quill, but so what?). Charlie St. Cloud is a tougher read in that it deals so openly with death, loss, and well, it is set in a cemetary. I finished the book in tears (as usual with this writer) and cried a couple of other times. I read the book in just two sittings. Sherwood's style is deceptively simple (he does have an impressive vocabulary however). What amazes is that this kind of story--with life, death, the afterlife, etc...is so deftly pulled off. It largely avoids being maudolin or cliched. It is something of a miracle that this story works so beautifully. In the hands of someone else, it might not. Sherwood is so upbeat about life and I wish more of us had his optimism and understanding. His stories are very special. This is the kind of book that you may read again and again, especially after a tragedy. I loved Ferrio too and how he connects the main characters.
Another note, if you read the source notes and afterward, you learn more interesting things. For example, as with "747" the locations in the book are real. I love that. It seems that this book will be made into a film and it will work--in the right hands. Nevertheless, the book is almost always better right? The acknowledgements are fascinating...if you are a media geek some names will pop out,a former head of NBC, a top screen writer, an entertainment journalist, and even the creator of Alias and Felicity. This guy has some darned interesting friends. My favorite? The last lines about his family and his wife. Their love story might make a great story too--if he hasn't already put in books.
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