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The Land of Painted Caves
by Jean M. Auel
This book felt like two different books, and not necessarily in a good way.
I love this series and devoured the first five books. This book was a bit like pulling teeth at times. The entirety of Part II could have been easily summarized to make the whole book 1/3-1/2 as long. With all the drama that occurred in Part III, Auel could have spent more time creating tension between main characters or describing more of the training process and the trials that Ayla and Jondalar's relationship went through as a result. There was no need to describe SO many caves in such detail. I love caves, but it was a lot.
Also, if readers were upset with the drama in book 3, they won't like the drama in this book. Ayla and Jondalar apparently learned nothing after being together for 5-ish years.
The ending also felt kind of rushed and everything basically got resolved in 50 pages.
I still love this series, but if people want to end on book 5 and leave the conclusion up to their imagination, that's probably just as good as reading this book.
I love this series and devoured the first five books. This book was a bit like pulling teeth at times. The entirety of Part II could have been easily summarized to make the whole book 1/3-1/2 as long. With all the drama that occurred in Part III, Auel could have spent more time creating tension between main characters or describing more of the training process and the trials that Ayla and Jondalar's relationship went through as a result. There was no need to describe SO many caves in such detail. I love caves, but it was a lot.
Also, if readers were upset with the drama in book 3, they won't like the drama in this book. Ayla and Jondalar apparently learned nothing after being together for 5-ish years.
The ending also felt kind of rushed and everything basically got resolved in 50 pages.
I still love this series, but if people want to end on book 5 and leave the conclusion up to their imagination, that's probably just as good as reading this book.