asurges 's review for:

The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
2.0

I have no idea why I was compelled to read this beyond the fact that I'd read all the others. I'm giving two stars for all the research, which is fascinating and deeply interesting. I can't help but think that maybe Auel would have been better off telling this as non-fiction/fiction or even as fan fiction of her own novels. This was incredibly slow and lacking in tension, and I was getting frustrated even while I wanted to stick with it to learn more about the people of that area at that time. Abandoned.