LitPick Review
Tom Schwoerin is annoyed. He is a historian with a problem. According to a certain pattern, old cities form a ring around the cities of today. Following this pattern, he discovers something wrong: a little town called Eifelheim. Eifelheim was inhabited, records show, but something happened around the fourteenth century so that Eifelheim was never inhabited again. Tom wants to find out what happened, so he goes on a search. The book switches to the year 1348; the main character is named Father Dietrich. He wakes up in his bed and knows that something bad is going to happen, but he doesn't know what will take place. Throughout the day, mysterious things occur in the town. A part of the town catches on fire, and Dietrich, and some friends find a hurt race of alien beings. What happens to Eifelheim?
Opinion:
Though the book is very interesting towards the end, it was not one of my favorites. In the beginning of the book and towards the middle, the author had the aliens explain their language. Unfortunately, the aliens use numbers to talk, so it took a little while for the aliens to explain it to Dietrich. Furthermore, some of the book was written in German, especially the conversations between Tom and Sharon, so I could not understand what they were saying. I did like how the author explained the setting, but overall, I did not like the book.
