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2.92 AVERAGE
2.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's not very often I am defeated by a book and it makes me sad as I enjoyed the rest of the series, but this book was so boring and all it did was repeat it's self, and it didn't seem to go anywhere
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
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
Utterly agonizing. An absolute slog. It could have had literal hundreds of pages cut with no consequence.
I cannot begin to describe how insufferable these characters are, ESPECIALLY Jondalar. I hate that man so much - and the last hundred odd pages of this book truly cemented him as the worst of the worst.
I would have dropped this if it wasn’t the last. I felt obligated to crawl through it, if only to say I did
I cannot begin to describe how insufferable these characters are, ESPECIALLY Jondalar. I hate that man so much - and the last hundred odd pages of this book truly cemented him as the worst of the worst.
I would have dropped this if it wasn’t the last. I felt obligated to crawl through it, if only to say I did
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have no idea how the author did it, but within the last 1/3 of this book, she ruined basically everything about this series. I'm so mad.
It's been a few days, so I'm not even sure I have the energy to really get into it anymore but my goodness. She created this beautiful, sex-positive society, with no systemic sexism, where men and women are equal, and women are valued. And by the end of this series, we know that that society will fall apart and patriarchy will take over. Like I can't believe I waited almost 20 years to finish this series just to have it end with the patriarchy coming into existence.
Disappointed, and from the other reviews, I'm not the only one.
It's been a few days, so I'm not even sure I have the energy to really get into it anymore but my goodness. She created this beautiful, sex-positive society, with no systemic sexism, where men and women are equal, and women are valued. And by the end of this series, we know that that society will fall apart and patriarchy will take over. Like I can't believe I waited almost 20 years to finish this series just to have it end with the patriarchy coming into existence.
Disappointed, and from the other reviews, I'm not the only one.
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
I have enjoyed reading the books about Ayla, but I felt that this last book was a bit slow. Of course I wanted to read it and know what happened with Ayla and her world but this book might have been a bit too long since it was a bit slow, even though I love long books.
I have enjoyed reading the books about Ayla, but I felt that this last book was a bit slow. Of course I wanted to read it and know what happened with Ayla and her world but this book might have been a bit too long since it was a bit slow, even though I love long books.
May contain mild, non-specific spoilers
Although I'm glad to have read this, to get some sort of closure on the series, this book as a whole was fairly disappointing.
I'm not very a very visual person, so it's hard for me to picture the cave paintings, resulting in getting fairly bored with description after description of them. Some were interesting, but there were just too many. As usual, I skipped over the renditions of the Mother's Song, because there was a lot of repetition. I don't mind some recap from book to book, especially in a long, drawn-out series such as this one, but there was a little too much, resulting in more skipping. Similar situations from earlier books also cropped up again, but not quite different enough to make them worthwhile additions.
It feels like the series is still partly open, maybe for a couple of spinoff books: one about trade routes growing between the Clan and the Others would be good, as for one about Jondalar and Ayla's children. And maybe another about the Zelandonii, just to close the open plot lines. Or maybe Ms. Auel could venture into the short story market, to fill in the gaps without needing a whole book for each one.
Although I'm glad to have read this, to get some sort of closure on the series, this book as a whole was fairly disappointing.
Spoiler
Jondalar and Ayla's relationship didn't change at all, except for giving me some major Mammoth Hunters flashback, and reminding me why I didn't like that book as much as those preceding. There's almost no sense of a bond between Ayla and her new daughter; in fact, it appears that Jonayla's birth didn't change anything at all, for all the mention she gets. Most of the time she's just another PC--not at all what I expected.I'm not very a very visual person, so it's hard for me to picture the cave paintings, resulting in getting fairly bored with description after description of them. Some were interesting, but there were just too many. As usual, I skipped over the renditions of the Mother's Song, because there was a lot of repetition. I don't mind some recap from book to book, especially in a long, drawn-out series such as this one, but there was a little too much, resulting in more skipping. Similar situations from earlier books also cropped up again, but not quite different enough to make them worthwhile additions.
Spoiler
I loved the appearance of some Mamutoi late in the book - I wish they'd gotten there earlier, so there could have been more cultural interactions.It feels like the series is still partly open, maybe for a couple of spinoff books: one about trade routes growing between the Clan and the Others would be good, as for one about Jondalar and Ayla's children. And maybe another about the Zelandonii, just to close the open plot lines. Or maybe Ms. Auel could venture into the short story market, to fill in the gaps without needing a whole book for each one.
Didn't hold my interest. Maybe I'll try again someday.