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2.92 AVERAGE
2.92 AVERAGE
Far too long, and waaaay too many descriptions of the painted caves. Also, is it really necessary to reiterate ALL the stories that were told in the earlier books? No, this is clearly a book that the author wrote for the money, and no care for the story.
I've read the entire series and this book left me disappointed. There were parts that had a little too much description, some of it not necessary. My biggest challenge with it is the ending. It not only felt rushed, but the behaviors that took place for some of the characters, Ayla, Jondalar and the One Who Was First did not match their personality and habits from their journey and growth. It felt like they had taken 20 steps back which did not line up with them and how they were written for the entire time of the series. I don't want to say anything further because I don't want to ruin it for anyone who still hasn't read. There was so much potential for this book and it was lost.
Anmeldelse af "Jordens Børn 6 - Hulernes Sang" af Jean Auel
Ayla er i lære som Zelandoni (åndelig leder) ved sit nye folk. Dette betyder at hun skal på en meget lang tur rundt og se folkets hellige huler sammen med andre Zelandonier. Denne rejse fylder meget i bogen, men man oplever også mange andre ting f.eks. oplever man flere sommerstævner, jagtture og udvikling af nye ideer og en masse drama imellem forskellige mennesker.
Vi får også lov at opleve lille Jonaylas opvækst, Ayla og Jondalars datter.
Jeg havde hørt flere dårlige anmeldelser af den her bog, så jeg tøvede med at læse den, men hvor er jeg glad for jeg fik den læst.
Jeg nød at være sammen med Ayla og Jondalar igen!
Jeg synes de karakterer der er med i den her serie er så godt beskrevet. De er meget varieret i personlighed og evner, så selvom der er et bredt persongalleri havde jeg altid styr på hvem vi talte om.
Der er nogle passager hvor de vandrer i åndeverden og alle de mange huler de ser som virkede lidt kedeligt for mig.
Der er også rimelig mange gentagelser fra de tidligere bøger i serien, men det var længe siden jeg havde læst dem, så for mig var det kun en fordel.
Hvis du kan lide historisk fiktion om menneskets tidlige historie kan jeg klart anbefale "Jordens Børn" serien.
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Ayla er i lære som Zelandoni (åndelig leder) ved sit nye folk. Dette betyder at hun skal på en meget lang tur rundt og se folkets hellige huler sammen med andre Zelandonier. Denne rejse fylder meget i bogen, men man oplever også mange andre ting f.eks. oplever man flere sommerstævner, jagtture og udvikling af nye ideer og en masse drama imellem forskellige mennesker.
Vi får også lov at opleve lille Jonaylas opvækst, Ayla og Jondalars datter.
Jeg havde hørt flere dårlige anmeldelser af den her bog, så jeg tøvede med at læse den, men hvor er jeg glad for jeg fik den læst.
Jeg nød at være sammen med Ayla og Jondalar igen!
Jeg synes de karakterer der er med i den her serie er så godt beskrevet. De er meget varieret i personlighed og evner, så selvom der er et bredt persongalleri havde jeg altid styr på hvem vi talte om.
Der er nogle passager hvor de vandrer i åndeverden og alle de mange huler de ser som virkede lidt kedeligt for mig.
Der er også rimelig mange gentagelser fra de tidligere bøger i serien, men det var længe siden jeg havde læst dem, så for mig var det kun en fordel.
Hvis du kan lide historisk fiktion om menneskets tidlige historie kan jeg klart anbefale "Jordens Børn" serien.
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
I'd really give it 2.5 stars. Mostly frustrating, rehashing, rehashing, rehashing, visit a cave, Mother's Song, and more rehashing. That said I really enjoyed the second half of Part Three. If the rest of the book could have had that intensity and amount of new material it would have been much more enjoyable.
it was getting more about the magic or whatever her ability is that makes her an interesting if the shaman and that was my least favorite aspect of the series it was also negatively effecting her relationship with jondalar and ionayla which was making me 😡😡😡
It was so boring, it just kept dragging and it didn’t have the same appeal as the previous volumes
Ok, so I knew this book had gotten terrible reviews. But I've read the other five books in the series and didn't want to miss the final(?) book. I figured at least there would be some racy sex scenes to lighten up the book. Not really.
Auel seems to have visited a lot of caves with primitive cave paintings. But she doesn't seem to have much to say about them. I mean, probably 400 of the 750 pages of this book are Ayla trekking through sacred cave after sacred cave looking at more paintings. Look, a horse. And a lion. And, wow, is that a deer? But nothing profound is ever said about the paintings other than some drivel about how even in Ayla's time the paintings are really old and no one can remember who painted them or why or what the symbols were intended to mean.
There's very little character development and very little plot to carry the novel, and there's not even much sex. Instead, there's a lot of Ayla off doing boring zelandoni rituals and training, followed by a middle-school-angst style "He hates me"//"She hates me" back and forth between Ayla and Jondalar. Blech. By the end, I almost hated the both of them.
Ayla didn't even manage to take credit for inventing anything else, didn't domesticate any new animals, and ruined the Goddess-based society by telling everyone that it's sex rather than spirit-mixing that makes babies.
Ah well. I probably can't stop you from reading this if you're read the other five books in the series, but if you haven't read those, go read [b:The Clan of the Cave Bear|1295|The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)|Jean M. Auel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1276624702s/1295.jpg|1584694] instead.
Auel seems to have visited a lot of caves with primitive cave paintings. But she doesn't seem to have much to say about them. I mean, probably 400 of the 750 pages of this book are Ayla trekking through sacred cave after sacred cave looking at more paintings. Look, a horse. And a lion. And, wow, is that a deer? But nothing profound is ever said about the paintings other than some drivel about how even in Ayla's time the paintings are really old and no one can remember who painted them or why or what the symbols were intended to mean.
There's very little character development and very little plot to carry the novel, and there's not even much sex. Instead, there's a lot of Ayla off doing boring zelandoni rituals and training, followed by a middle-school-angst style "He hates me"//"She hates me" back and forth between Ayla and Jondalar. Blech. By the end, I almost hated the both of them.
Ayla didn't even manage to take credit for inventing anything else, didn't domesticate any new animals, and ruined the Goddess-based society by telling everyone that it's sex rather than spirit-mixing that makes babies.
Ah well. I probably can't stop you from reading this if you're read the other five books in the series, but if you haven't read those, go read [b:The Clan of the Cave Bear|1295|The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)|Jean M. Auel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1276624702s/1295.jpg|1584694] instead.
Wow. This was an utter disgrace. The series has been degrading since the first book and I really didn't care much for the fifth book, but this one.. I regret reading it. It honestly spoils the rest of the series. For most of the book, nothing at all happens. We just get TONS of repetitions again and descriptions of caves. It is as if Auel did a lot of research on prehistoric cave paintings and wanted to tell us everything she found out in about 400 pages, apart from giving us the mother song about a dozen times, telling us once again about a thousand things we already know because we've actually read the rest of the series. Then we get some weird time jumps, a tiny bit of action but nothing really happens, suddenly Jondalar is cheating on Ayla with Marona which does not make sense AT ALL characteristically and Ayla basically commits suicide by taking a drug overdose. The only redeeming thing in this book is that we get a few pages of Danug, but that's it. There's nothing else in it. I regret the time I spent on it and will probably never read this series again because of it. I'm almost pissed that this is how it ends. Bad, bad bad book.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well i did it. I finished the whole series. 6 books, 3 years. A little sad to say goodbye to this series and these characters to be completely honest. The other part of my is thrilled about all the time I’m going to have to read Other books in my holidays! And then a final part is tempted to reread it again already! I kind of miss the clan and baby Ayla…
This book was a good way to finish the series. I really enjoyed the time jumps. It wouldn’t have worked to just do a continuous novel of daily life with the Zelnadoni. So mixing it up with Summer meetings and mini journeys worked well.
I loved seeing Ayla grow into her role as a Zelandonii of the ninth cave. Her calling was quite intense. I really felt for her losing her baby. I would love to see Ayla have another baby. I’m a little upset we won’t see her with her future son. The one that will meet Durc and fight to the death with him… maybe in a sequel series…? I would love that. This book was just a lovely way to say goodbye to these characters. Seeing them settled finally. Ayla had been through so much. Whilst I didn’t like the part of Jondalar cheating on her with Marina it did introduce the fact that the future problems they’re going to face are simply ordinary everyday problems. No life or death situations. And their love is strong enough to survive that.
Atlas gift from the mother was the knowledge of where children come from. There was a big emphasis on this and I guess it’s because that is the future. As the ice age comes to a close humans are going to progress even more. This is just the start. Ayla is responsible for so much. She learnt about fire, dogs, horses , children and paved the way for so many. She is remarkable.
I would have loved a more circular ending. Maybe another journey? Or seeing some of the clan? Durc? The friends they met along the journey?
I understand this just isn’t possible in a realistic sense which is what this book is trying to be. But I would have loved that.
This book was a good way to finish the series. I really enjoyed the time jumps. It wouldn’t have worked to just do a continuous novel of daily life with the Zelnadoni. So mixing it up with Summer meetings and mini journeys worked well.
I loved seeing Ayla grow into her role as a Zelandonii of the ninth cave. Her calling was quite intense. I really felt for her losing her baby. I would love to see Ayla have another baby. I’m a little upset we won’t see her with her future son. The one that will meet Durc and fight to the death with him… maybe in a sequel series…? I would love that. This book was just a lovely way to say goodbye to these characters. Seeing them settled finally. Ayla had been through so much. Whilst I didn’t like the part of Jondalar cheating on her with Marina it did introduce the fact that the future problems they’re going to face are simply ordinary everyday problems. No life or death situations. And their love is strong enough to survive that.
Atlas gift from the mother was the knowledge of where children come from. There was a big emphasis on this and I guess it’s because that is the future. As the ice age comes to a close humans are going to progress even more. This is just the start. Ayla is responsible for so much. She learnt about fire, dogs, horses , children and paved the way for so many. She is remarkable.
I would have loved a more circular ending. Maybe another journey? Or seeing some of the clan? Durc? The friends they met along the journey?
I understand this just isn’t possible in a realistic sense which is what this book is trying to be. But I would have loved that.
The Not so Good Stuff
* The repetition in this book is unlike any book I have ever read before. On many occasions I actually felt like throwing the book across the room in frustration -- but I could have hurt something since the book is so feckin thick (I received the large print edition -- hmm think someone is trying to tell me something) You could have cut almost 400 pages out of the book and there still would be way to much repetition
* I never want to hear about someone describing a cave again, and at the beginning I thought that bit was interesting -- but after the 15th cave -- I'm set for life
* That mother song written in its entirety over 5 times -- hello I get it - once would have been fine. I will be singing the song in my sleep tonight & which might be a change from the Go Diego Go theme song
* Laughable dialogue and plot points. So Jondalar is the first modern daddy who likes to take care of his daughter while mommy goes to work and does drugs. Ayla suffers from a sort of post postpartum depression after losing her baby and tries to kill herself, but gets over it way too quickly -- which is an insult to anyone who has ever suffered from it -- trust me on this point. Ayla can solve every problem, she is little miss perfect and guess what she can talk to animals too.
* Ayla has an accent -- yup got that - you didn't have to mention that so many times (hmm get the repetition comment now)
* The constant long winded introductions that they go through every time they meet someone new
* Hmm, now I am repeating myself. The constant repetition of stories from the previous books
* Ok I know this is getting picky but expected Ayla to somehow connect with her first born again
* The book honestly really didn't tell us anything new or give us any closer about anything
* I liken my experience of reading this to the dismay of seeing the travesty that was The Phantom Menace after loving the original Star Wars series so much - A total disappointment
* All of a sudden the story jumps into an explanation of the ice age & it just comes across as a lecture and distracts from the story
* Enough with the bodily functions -- NO ONE wants to read shit and piss (and by the way -- it is written about on many occasions -- yup repetitive again)
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"She knew that Jondalar was only appreciating; he had no desire to do more than look" (yup that is exactly how I feel about all the attractive men in this world)
What I Learned
* Some interesting THEORIES about the origin of the species
* Might have to change my thought that I will never give a book a DNF rating - and I am a stubborn one, unless there is abuse to a child or an animal, I usually can finish a book no matter how bad it is
Who should/shouldn't read
* Die hard fans who loved ALL of the books in the series might find something to like
* Fans of Painted Caves -- this is your book!
* Also highly recommended for insomnia
1 Dewey's
Notes from Joan and Ted
* The most boring and awful ending to a book I have ever read
* I understand that the Zeladoni is a fat old chick there is no need to repeat it so often
* I loved the rest of the series and have bought this book to complete my collection, but I will probably never read it again
* This was like the ramblings of an old women who is prone to repeating herself
* Feckin (yup Joan is the reason I use Feckin all the time, but she says it so much better with her wonderful Irish accent) painted caves
* Ted Hated it and kept falling asleep while reading it and he loved the series too
I received this from Random House in exchange for an honest review -- sorry guys I feel like I should apologize for my review, but had to be honest.
* The repetition in this book is unlike any book I have ever read before. On many occasions I actually felt like throwing the book across the room in frustration -- but I could have hurt something since the book is so feckin thick (I received the large print edition -- hmm think someone is trying to tell me something) You could have cut almost 400 pages out of the book and there still would be way to much repetition
* I never want to hear about someone describing a cave again, and at the beginning I thought that bit was interesting -- but after the 15th cave -- I'm set for life
* That mother song written in its entirety over 5 times -- hello I get it - once would have been fine. I will be singing the song in my sleep tonight & which might be a change from the Go Diego Go theme song
* Laughable dialogue and plot points. So Jondalar is the first modern daddy who likes to take care of his daughter while mommy goes to work and does drugs. Ayla suffers from a sort of post postpartum depression after losing her baby and tries to kill herself, but gets over it way too quickly -- which is an insult to anyone who has ever suffered from it -- trust me on this point. Ayla can solve every problem, she is little miss perfect and guess what she can talk to animals too.
* Ayla has an accent -- yup got that - you didn't have to mention that so many times (hmm get the repetition comment now)
* The constant long winded introductions that they go through every time they meet someone new
* Hmm, now I am repeating myself. The constant repetition of stories from the previous books
* Ok I know this is getting picky but expected Ayla to somehow connect with her first born again
* The book honestly really didn't tell us anything new or give us any closer about anything
* I liken my experience of reading this to the dismay of seeing the travesty that was The Phantom Menace after loving the original Star Wars series so much - A total disappointment
* All of a sudden the story jumps into an explanation of the ice age & it just comes across as a lecture and distracts from the story
* Enough with the bodily functions -- NO ONE wants to read shit and piss (and by the way -- it is written about on many occasions -- yup repetitive again)
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"She knew that Jondalar was only appreciating; he had no desire to do more than look" (yup that is exactly how I feel about all the attractive men in this world)
What I Learned
* Some interesting THEORIES about the origin of the species
* Might have to change my thought that I will never give a book a DNF rating - and I am a stubborn one, unless there is abuse to a child or an animal, I usually can finish a book no matter how bad it is
Who should/shouldn't read
* Die hard fans who loved ALL of the books in the series might find something to like
* Fans of Painted Caves -- this is your book!
* Also highly recommended for insomnia
1 Dewey's
Notes from Joan and Ted
* The most boring and awful ending to a book I have ever read
* I understand that the Zeladoni is a fat old chick there is no need to repeat it so often
* I loved the rest of the series and have bought this book to complete my collection, but I will probably never read it again
* This was like the ramblings of an old women who is prone to repeating herself
* Feckin (yup Joan is the reason I use Feckin all the time, but she says it so much better with her wonderful Irish accent) painted caves
* Ted Hated it and kept falling asleep while reading it and he loved the series too
I received this from Random House in exchange for an honest review -- sorry guys I feel like I should apologize for my review, but had to be honest.