The story revolves round a diamond called The Moonstone, stolen from its native India by John Herncastle. The Moonstone was believed to bring bad luck to its owner, so Sir John gave it to the daughter of his estranged sister, Rachel Verinder, on her eighteenth birthday.
On Rachel's birthday, it is discovered that the jewel has been stolen from Rachel's sitting room. Sergeant Cuff is called in from London to investigate.
The book was written as a series of manuscripts, letters and diary extracts from the main characters present at varying parts of the story. Perhaps because the characters were telling the story almost as if they were talking, the language was very easy to understand. The characters are beautifully portrayed and the format of the book only exacerbated this.
The key to the story, although a fascinating idea, isn't quite as believable as it could be. To a reader of the time, it probably wasn't beyond the realms of imagination; to a reader of today, with our knowledge, it is. This is the only disappointing part of the book; but even that, it does mean that it is even more difficult to guess how the theft was carried out and by whom.
All in all, this was a really enjoyable book.
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The story revolves round a diamond called The Moonstone, stolen from its native India by John Herncastle. The Moonstone was believed to bring bad luck to its owner, so Sir John gave it to the daughter of his estranged sister, Rachel Verinder, on her eighteenth birthday.

On Rachel"s birthday, it is discovered that the jewel has been stolen from Rachel"s sitting room. Sergeant Cuff is called in from London to investigate.

The book was written as a series of manuscripts, letters and diary extracts from the main characters present at varying parts of the story. Perhaps because the characters were telling the story almost as if they were talking, the language was very easy to understand. The characters are beautifully portrayed and the format of the book only exacerbated this.

The key to the story, although a fascinating idea, isn"t quite as believable as it could be. To a reader of the time, it probably wasn"t beyond the realms of imagination; to a reader of today, with our knowledge, it is. This is the only disappointing part of the book; but even that, it does mean that it is even more difficult to guess how the theft was carried out and by whom.

All in all, this was a really enjoyable book.

月亮宝石》是由英国文学大师柯林斯撰写的一部著名的侦探小说，月亮宝石读后感。它是第一部长篇优秀的现代小说，名列美国作家协会评选的“一百部最佳小说”第七位，也是世界侦探小说史上的一个奇迹。
这本书构思精巧，扑朔迷离、悬念丛生的故事情节引人入胜，扣人心弦，结局更是出人意料。它揭示了18世纪现实社会的世态炎凉，暴露了宗教的虚伪，同时也揭露了慈善事业背后的真相，谴责了侵略者的罪行。今天，我终于亲身“进入”书中，与故事的主人公们经历了这个故事。当我合上书的最后一页，长叹一口气时，那故事中曲折离奇的一幕幕，就好像放映电影一样在我脑海中播放了起来。本书记叙了一个由一颗巨大钻石——月亮宝石引起的侦破故事：18世纪末叶，一个英国上校在一次战争中夺得了举世闻名的月亮宝石。后来，他又在临死前立下遗嘱，将宝石赠于其外甥女——雷茜尔小姐。不料，就在她生日的当晚，月亮宝石忽然神秘失踪。原来参加雷茜尔小姐的生日的一个医生对她的亲戚弗兰克林·布莱恩开了个玩笑——给他喝了鸦片酊，在这种东西的作用下，他拿走了月亮宝石，在自己迷迷糊糊的情况下，他给了雷茜尔小姐的另一个亲戚高弗利·艾伯怀特，而他居然贪心地收下了。围绕寻找月亮宝石的下落这一线索，书中的人物展开了一场生与死、正与邪的较量。最后，案件终于真相大白，月亮宝石又被重新嵌到了月亮神的前额下。经历了八个世纪的岁月，月亮宝石终于又再度照耀着这座圣城的城墙了。岁月如流，年复一年，我相信，月亮宝石今后，一定还会有更惊险更吸引人的历程的。
读完全书，我懂得了：不自量力就轻举妄动是很愚蠢的，当我们面对出人意料、突如其来的困难时，要沉着冷静、不慌张，还要保持乐观的态度，耐心地等待。因为最困难的事也有被克服的时候，最难的案子也有水落石出的一天。相信在正义与邪恶、好与坏的较量中，总是正义的力量更胜一筹。

　　这个故事主要内容是：18世纪末期，一个英国上校在一次战争中夺得了举世闻名的月亮宝石。月亮宝石原被镶嵌在月亮神的前额上，传说，这是一块被诅咒的宝石，谁得到这块月亮宝石，就会有灭顶之灾。后来，英国上校在临时之前立下遗嘱，将月亮宝石赠予其外甥女雷茜尔。不料，就在雷茜尔生日宴会的当晚，宝石突然神秘失踪。围绕寻找宝石的下落，展开了一场生与死、正与邪的较量。最后案情终于真相大白，没想到竟是雷茜尔的爱人布莱克先生，在鸦片酊的药效下，偷走了月亮宝石，然后给了雷茜尔的另一个亲戚艾伯怀特，而他因为欠下了太多债务所以贪心的收下了。
　　我最喜欢的是描写月亮宝石的那一段：早在几百年前吗，这块宝石就镶嵌在一尊四只手的、印度神——月亮神的前额上。一方面是因为宝石的颜色像月亮，另一方面还因人们坚信它的光泽是随月亮的光色而变化的吗，因而它得了“月亮宝石”的美名，——这个名字直到今天在印度依然家喻户晓。我最喜欢的人物是雷茜尔小姐，她和布莱克先生是一对情侣，可在危机关头，她不但没有出卖爱人，反而替他顶罪。她让别人以为是她偷得月亮宝石，她演绎了一场坚贞不屈的爱情。
　　从这本中，我懂得了遇到困难不退缩、坚持走下去，“邪恶之网”就会消失。柯林斯的这本书正如诺贝尔文学奖艾略特所说：“凡是有想探索刺激、神秘的人，都可以在《月亮宝石》中获得。”