Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Eaters of the Dead
Book Review: Eaters of the Dead: a version of Beowulf
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this novel a long time ago (it was first published in 1976) and reread it after watching 'The Thirteenth Warrior' in 2003.
Michael Crichton says he wrote it on a bet that he could make an entertaining story out of 'Beowulf'. From my perspective, he has certainly written a book that will be more accessible to most modern readers than 'Beowulf'. The assessment of entertainment value is best left to the individual reader: I am one who enjoyed it immensely.
The book is set in A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Bagdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is asked to travel with them ...
This is probably not a novel for the faint of heart or for those rendered queasy by bloodthirsty description. On the other hand, it's a good read and different in many ways from some of Dr Crichton's later work.
Recommended.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Book Review: Eaters of the dead 2
Summary: 4 Stars
Its good. In corporating history and science, he did a great job. Superb!!! I hope there's a sequel for it.... (^-^)Book Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Read, just be sure to read the Introduction so you understand exactly what & why Chriton wrote the book. Otherwise you may get caught in missunderstanding.Book Review: Exciting!
Summary: 5 Stars
Michael Crichton is one of my favorite authors, and this was one of the last of his books that I read. This is an exciting page-turner as the Muslim Ibn Fadlan gets carried off with a group of Vikings. His adventures with the Vikings are so interesting and exciting that I hated for the book to end. It's not a long book, but it's packed with enough adventure and action for two books.
The cultural differences between the Vikings and the Muslim Ibn Fadlan are great, but the two sides manage to tolerate the other and to work together to face the threat of the wendol, a mysterious people who may be remnants of the Neanderthals who supposedly vanished tens of thousands of years ago.
Crichton tells a fascinating story, and I highly recommend "Eaters of the Dead."
Book Review: Fun Read
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite being very easy to spot the 'shift' in writing style between the two, it is still a very good book that is quite entertaining to read. When taken in the context it was written, it is by far one of the best books I've read in a long time.