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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
omg I actually don't know why I read this. It was so bad. I wanted to know how the story ended though and i couldn't stand the idea of not knowing what else those characters who had been annoying me since 3 thick-ass books would encounter. Everything about the other books that was still exciting just got overtaken by boredom of reading it and the annoyance at the plotlines and how stupid decisions those two idiots made. I don't think I can even say that I liked this one in particular anymore, I was just glad when it was over that there was only one more left to read and then it would all be over. my goodness.
The pacing was everywhere with this one. Parts seemed to drag on forever - their time on the delta and prior to turning south to the Peninsula - and other times where I felt like we rushed through other parts of the book I would have liked to spend more time on - their time with the Sharamudoi as just one example.
Overall I really liked it.Tho really, literally everyone falls in love with Jondalar, even his freaking sister fjsknsosnodndkx
Overall I really liked it.
adventurous
emotional
More and more repetitive with each installment of the series. It was as if the author didn't have that much new to add, so she just kept repeating events from the previous installments. Also, the writing quality is poor.
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:
No
It's been awhile since I've read about Ayla and her journey with Jondalar, and I am happy to have read the next chapter in their story. Auel is so descriptive and detailed, it's like I'm able to see and feel all that Ayla does. I did struggle a little with it though, as I tend to with stories that can go pages, heck chapters of descriptions with very little dialogue. But it is clear that Auel has done her research well into the time period that Ayla and Jondalar exist (ice age-ish) and how the land, animals, and people would be then. Reading how Ayla and Jondalar's relationship continues to develop and grow was beautifully done and I loved how their perceptions (as well as others') would be challenged and evolve as they came to learn from each other. The character development and relationship respect was great to see. And I like the hint of mystical elements. Keeps you guessing if there's anything to it or just Ayla being very perceptive. I look forward to reading more about Ayla in the future.
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
I really liked this series when it first came out. Each book was a little less original and I quit after the third.
(and I never cared that she didn't finish the series)
(and I never cared that she didn't finish the series)
informative
slow-paced
Five chapters in and the story is already very frustrating. The story is 1/3 new story and 2/3 are clumsily and clunky retread of the previous books, repeated multiple times. Ayla also has an increasing and continued fascination and arousing attraction to watching and thinking about animals mating. Jondalar increasingly exists to worship and adore Ayla and prop her up as the perfect woman and to heap lots of perfect sexual pleasures on Ayla. Ayla also continues to be perfect at everything and invent every single thing that created modern society, gentling horses, creating modern dogs, science, psychological and medical concepts and procedures, etc. Ayla’s dreams were distractions in this book, she had rarely if ever had prophetic dreams in previous books, but this book is littered with them and they’re almost always repetitive. He surprising negative of the book is that it is becoming increasingly historically inaccurate. Don’t get me wrong. There were a few really excellent scenes and a few exciting ones as well. However, unfortunately that was not the norm. At the end of the day, if you took out all the poorly written, sex scenes, all the repetitive passages and all the flashbacks from previous books, this would only be a 250 page book.