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2.92 AVERAGE
2.92 AVERAGE
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I am obsessed with this series and I'm so sad to be done with it. However, that being said I think this one was my least favorite of the books. I feel like this one was kind of all over the place with the story, almost like Auel wasn't quite sure where to go with the story. I still absolutely love her writing and love this story and I will greatly miss these characters.
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This has been a long time coming. I'm not sad this saga is over. What started out as a great prehistoric adventure turned into a slog at the end.
This book could've used editing, a lot of editing. I fully understand the reason for viewing the caves, but there was very little reason to see what felt like 50 caves in excruciating detail. It was nearly the entire plot of the 2nd part of the book. It bogged down the pacing to a crawl and these books are already slow enough as is. I felt like I eventually couldn't tell one thing from another, and if you choose to read this books you can skip the second section almost in its entirety and not feel like you've missed anything at the end.
Speaking of, and I was warned, the third part felt very distant from what she had written before and I'm again sure that proper editing would have saved it. Why the sudden personality changes? For weird plot reasons maybe? Jondalar cheating on Ayla and Ayla cheating on Jondalar to get back at him was like...what? Why? For tension? Maybe if she had built up this part better it would've made sense, but nope.... they just change out of nowhere in a bad way. Yes, we know Jondalar is a jealous man, but you would've thought he learned to open his mouth after the first time. Just say something. Miscommunication is annoying when it's already been done.
And the First, she annoyed me even more because she's so incredibly pushy that she nearly kills Ayla over a high. Like Ma'am she told you the reason for not wanting to, leave it!
O and the loose ends! They could've, and should been wrapped up if the second part hadn't dragged on so damn long. What happens to Madroman? He takes and just leaves? No resolution. Brukeval just goes wandering? Huh? Again no resolution. Nor is there a good resolution to Jondalar and Ayla. It just ends abruptly. Which ok, after all this gripping I did is a good thing because I could NOT do a 7th book. 1-5 were good. The 6th...you could pretend it doesn't exist.
This book could've used editing, a lot of editing. I fully understand the reason for viewing the caves, but there was very little reason to see what felt like 50 caves in excruciating detail. It was nearly the entire plot of the 2nd part of the book. It bogged down the pacing to a crawl and these books are already slow enough as is. I felt like I eventually couldn't tell one thing from another, and if you choose to read this books you can skip the second section almost in its entirety and not feel like you've missed anything at the end.
And the First, she annoyed me even more because she's so incredibly pushy that she nearly kills Ayla over a high. Like Ma'am she told you the reason for not wanting to, leave it!
O and the loose ends! They could've, and should been wrapped up if the second part hadn't dragged on so damn long. What happens to Madroman? He takes and just leaves? No resolution. Brukeval just goes wandering? Huh? Again no resolution. Nor is there a good resolution to Jondalar and Ayla. It just ends abruptly. Which ok, after all this gripping I did is a good thing because I could NOT do a 7th book. 1-5 were good. The 6th...you could pretend it doesn't exist.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Considering how great this series was in the beginning, these last few books were a real let down. Very disappointing.
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
after 14 years and a month, ive finally finished this series. i planned to finish it in 2019 with a big reread leading up to me visiting Chauvet pont d'arc myself, but slowed to a dead stop because of the shelters of stone. i cant say this one made me feel any differently, and maybe i feel is even worse than i remember tsos being.... its unfortunate that a saga i find so beloved was finished on a note that feels so half assessed.
All of the insane repetition, dragging plot, and soap opera level interactions I found myself yearning for because at least it meant something was Happening, led to a disapponting end to a series I adore. But I did enjoy visiting beautiful caves literarily, seeing Ayla do her thing and invent stuff like fatherhood, sex education, homo sapiens, and Christianity. I can't say I was impressed, but I did love having another chance to see the characters I love back again.
At one point I skimmed over one paragraph at the beginning of a chapter and missed the "four year" skip just barely added in for context and all of a sudden a newborn baby Jonayla was talking and riding horses. And for a few pages I actually just accepted it could be plausible and kept it going.
All of the insane repetition, dragging plot, and soap opera level interactions I found myself yearning for because at least it meant something was Happening, led to a disapponting end to a series I adore. But I did enjoy visiting beautiful caves literarily, seeing Ayla do her thing and invent stuff like fatherhood, sex education, homo sapiens, and Christianity. I can't say I was impressed, but I did love having another chance to see the characters I love back again.
At one point I skimmed over one paragraph at the beginning of a chapter and missed the "four year" skip just barely added in for context and all of a sudden a newborn baby Jonayla was talking and riding horses. And for a few pages I actually just accepted it could be plausible and kept it going.
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No