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The Land of Painted Caves
by Jean M. Auel
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.