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2.92 AVERAGE
2.92 AVERAGE
Not my favorite of her books, but still a wonderful glimpse into how people lived 10,000 years ago or more. I felt this one was a bit too redundant in trying to pick readers up on what had happened previously. Ms. Auel does does have a wonderful way of wrapping up such a beloved and authentic series. One more please!!!
Good title. Because it's a description of various caves.
On and on and on and on.
They tour some caves. This cave, that one, the other one. Jondalar understandably gets bored and has sex with someone other than Ayla.
They have a fight.
They make up.
Utterly boring.
On and on and on and on.
They tour some caves. This cave, that one, the other one. Jondalar understandably gets bored and has sex with
They have a fight.
They make up.
Utterly boring.
Read this on my Nook and on my iPad (with the Nook App. Disappointing. I was actually glad to reach the end so I could start on something else.
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Sadly, this last book did not measure up. There was no twists and turns...nothing to keep the pages turning. All the reviews are correct.....the ending was a flop. So sad...I wanted so much more for Ayla and her story.
Saaaaaaaaai! Ik vond de eerste boeken van de serie fantastisch, maar dit deel bestaat uit een herhaling van zetten tussen de hoofdpersonen en eindeloze (werkelijk on-ein-di-ge) beschrijvingen van beschilderde grotten. Een onwaardige afsluiter van de serie. Ik hoop tenminste dat dit het laatste boek is, als de auteur nog een laatste stuiptrekking uit deze melkkoe wil slepen ga ik die in ieder geval niet meer lezen.
While creating a toy for a crippled child, Ayla inadvertantly invents a crude combustion engine, saving the tribe from total anhilation at the hands of nature. She is congratulated by her best friend the lion and conveys her satisfaction to her horse, whose language she speaks. She celebrates the tribe's deliverance from the peril that only just began to occur shortly before her arrival by having perfect sex with her sensitive cave-man lover.
It's the sixth book in the series, thirty years after the first book was printed and ten since the last. Jean M. Auel clearly needs a new jetski.
It's the sixth book in the series, thirty years after the first book was printed and ten since the last. Jean M. Auel clearly needs a new jetski.
I am a fan of Native American fiction in general and Jean Auel's series in particular. I've read the previous books over and over. That's why this one was so disappointing. I found the book un- necessarily long and wordy; so much so, that descriptions and passages became down right repetitive... almost as if the author feared readers would not remember key traits of the main characters over her many pages. This was a hard one to finish, but finish I did. Good plot and the characters are just as I remembered them. I'd say pare it down and trust readers not require frequent trait reminders throughout and we'd have a winner.
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
CENSORED SPOILERS BELOW
I honestly don't know if I should rate this lower or leave it as-is. I enjoyed the book and series as a whole, (skimming over the insane amount of repetition in the last two books forgiven) but there is one, ONE part that I absolutely cannot get over.
I'm writing this three months (and 30 books) after I finished The Land of Painted Caves and, EVERY TIME I think about the scene where SpoilerAyla walks in on Jondalar being fellated by Marona and right after losing a pregnancy and everyone else around her totally aware of it and protecting him, I get irrationally angry. My pulse speeds up, it's hard to breathe. I just feel like that was such a betrayal, to both the reader and the characters, to make that come right at the end of the book and then give almost no resolution to it.
I would be happier if it had never happened. I don't know if it says more about me or about this book that this scene is what I remember most, and it fills me with such a visceral burning rage that I will never forget--or forgive--this book.
I honestly don't know if I should rate this lower or leave it as-is. I enjoyed the book and series as a whole, (skimming over the insane amount of repetition in the last two books forgiven) but there is one, ONE part that I absolutely cannot get over.
I'm writing this three months (and 30 books) after I finished The Land of Painted Caves and, EVERY TIME I think about the scene where SpoilerAyla walks in on Jondalar being fellated by Marona and right after losing a pregnancy and everyone else around her totally aware of it and protecting him, I get irrationally angry. My pulse speeds up, it's hard to breathe. I just feel like that was such a betrayal, to both the reader and the characters, to make that come right at the end of the book and then give almost no resolution to it.
I would be happier if it had never happened. I don't know if it says more about me or about this book that this scene is what I remember most, and it fills me with such a visceral burning rage that I will never forget--or forgive--this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts