The Book Thief

著者 : MarkusZusak

• Knopf Books for Young Readers (2007年9月11日発売)

感想・レビュー・書評

[youkey214さんの感想 · 2019年4月19日]

言葉で支配するナチス•ドイツの世の中で、言葉で友情や愛情を表現していく、本泥棒の女の子を見守る死神が語るお話です。

[English Book Club of カフェ英会話さんの感想 · 2018年6月24日]

死神が語る、本泥棒の女の子の話です。
第二次世界大戦中のミュンヘン近郊が
舞台となっている、人間ドラマです。(TAKUさん)

[yumiyumayumeさんの感想 · 2012年12月31日]

A couple of weeks ago I achieved my goal to finis reading 48 books in English without using a dictionary. It wasn't easy and I tended to give it up midway many times. When I returned to Japan from America with my last trip this year, I realized that I just finished reading 16 books, and I have only 3 months left. I couldn't think in a positive way, but I really didn't like to give it up because last year I dropped it out.
I pushed myself hard to reach my goal for three months, but I don't think the way is good to compliment.

Next year I also have the same goal as this year, but I would like to try to read two of over 1000 paged books in English without using a dictionary. So, I want to manage my time to read 48 books and enjoy my reading time more.

The book was the best ever for me to read in 48 books this year. It's my second book to read about Holocaust. It's fiction but it's really written well. At the last part I couldn't stop my tear dropping. Since I want to learn about Holocaust more, I want to read some other books relates to the history next year.

[fiveyearさんの感想 · 2012年8月29日]

Word Count: 118933
ATOS Book Level: 5.1
Gunning Fog Index: 6.07
Flesch Kincaid Grade level: 4.74
Flesch Reading Ease: 78.44

SVL11: abrasive, abstinence, accomplice, accrue, acquittal, acronym, adamant, admonish, affable, alleviate, animosity, anthem, arid, arthritis, assortment, audacious, audacity, barbed, blatant, blister, brandish, bun, canny, capitulate, carcass, catalyst, clamp, clout, clutter, cohort, concerted, confiscate, conglomerate, consummate, crackle, crap, crumple, cuff, culmination, cynicism, debilitate, decipher, deflate, deluge, demeanor, demolition, deplete, derision, dire, disgruntled, distraught, doe, dour, entourage, euphoria, exhale, exhilarate, extremist, exult, fathom, ferocity, fervent, fleeting, forlorn, genital, ghastly, glee, gloat, glut, goad, grapple, grope, grudge, halo, hapless, hiatus, hindsight, horrendous, hump, hunch, hurtle, idyllic, ignite, infest, inhale, innocuous, irate, jab, jagged, knack, legion, loathe, ludicrous, makeshift, mannerism, mortify, murky, nausea, nimble, nudge, obese, obscenity, ominous, onslaught, opaque, opus, paranoia, perimeter, pivot, pivotal, platoon, poised, predicament, prelude, proffer, prolific, pronounced, protagonist, puncture, putt, quell, rampant, raucous, reflex, regimen, relinquish, rendition, reprimand, revoke, rodent, rue, rupture, sag, salvage, savior, scalp, scour, seep, shackle, shingle, sickle, sliver, slouch, slur, smirk, spinal, splice, sporadic, sprint, staunch, stave, stealth, stint, strew, stricken, succumb, tally, tamper, tantrum, taunt, tepid, terrain, torso, tout, township, treason, trudge, unearth, unravel, unruly, upbringing, veer, vigil, vigilant, vindication, wane, wayward, whiff, whine, whore, wield, wobble, wrath

SVL12: abject, affront, altercation, amble, antagonize, antithesis, anvil, apex, apparition, armpit, auspicious, brunt, callous, caustic, chlorine, chum, circumference, clump, corrode, cower, creak, crease, cringe, crux, dab, daunt, decimate, decrepit, dejected, deplorable, detest, detriment, dilapidated, disheveled, dissipate, dribble, drizzle, epitome, filth, flinch, flippant, fluff, fluffy, futility, gaunt, gratuitous, groin, grubby, gusto, hoist, illustrious, immaculate, incongruous, incredulous, insolent, jostle, jut, kerosene, kinetic, loiter, lunge, molest, morose, muck, muffle, mutilate, muzzle, nostril, onlooker, ostracism, pelt, pensive, periphery, peruse, plethora, ponderous, premonition, protrude, ransack, recoil, reprieve, revel, ruffle, rummage, saliva, scum, secrete, sedate, seethe, shin, slacken, slander, smudge, snip, sodden, soggy, spruce, squat, stench, stupendous, suffocate, surly, swine, therein, thesaurus, thud, twitter, unfurl, unkempt, vacate, vantage, vehement, venom, vicinity, vulgarity, wheeze, whirlpool, whisker, whitewash, wrest, wriggle

[citroさんの感想 · 2012年7月17日]

一人称が「死神」で、ナチスドイツ時代のとある貧しい少女について語るという構成。
思い出話なので、途中でいきなり結末を語ったりするのがある意味特徴的かも。
重たすぎないけれど、戦争とか、貧しさとか、ヒトラーとか、ユダヤ人の迫害とか、そういった要素が常に出てくる。
（死神なので、戦争が起こると仕事が増えて大変みたいな愚痴もあったり・・・）

スロースタートな展開と語りかけるような英語になかなか慣れず序盤に諦めかけたけど、ちょっとずつ読んでいって、最後はまんまと泣かされた。ネタバレされててもお構いなし。

登場人物がとにかく魅力的。ティーン向けだけど、日本語版でも読む価値あり。

[bunnirellaさんの感想 · 2012年3月13日]

This novel introduces the readers into a new type of point of view.
Often times the word, "World War II", conjures up images of desperation.
However what was different about this book was that at times, it illustrates the hopes born within the characters.
If you have lost your loved one, I will definitely recommend this,
because it demonstrates the emotional conflicts of the people who were left behind.

[miuponmamaさんの感想 · 2012年1月31日]

人間に魅せられた死神がLieselという女の子の話をする。初めに死神によるどういう話かというネタバレ的な解説があるが、言葉の断片を列挙したような感じで混乱しつつも、少女の生活、成長の話が展開されていくうちに話にどんどんと引き込まれる。第2次世界大戦中の人々の生活や様子が、少女の目を通して生き生きと描かれているうえ、登場人物が興味深い。生と死、友情、愛、言葉の力、いろいろと考えさせられる。

[kyonteseさんの感想 · 2011年11月17日]

Beauty and destructive power of words... Thought-provoking.

I love this book!

[tokoton346さんの感想 · 2011年6月24日]

豊田高専

[ponjunさんの感想 · 2011年5月26日]

全体の60％くらいを英語で、残り40％を日本語で読んだ。

もともとは児童書として書かれた話だということだが、大人が読んでも深い話だと思った。
戦時下にあっても自分を見失わないフーバーマン夫妻、生き生きとした少年ルディ、物静かで聡明なユダヤ人マックス、そして物語の主人公リーゼル・・・とても魅力的に描かれている。
英語は読みやすいというレビューが多かったが、わたしには十分難しかった(>_<)
いつになったらなんでもスラスラと読める日がくるのかしら。