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The Mammoth Hunters
by Jean M. Auel
I loved The Clan of the Cave Bear. It was the most unique book I've ever read. Of course, I immediately started reading The Valley of Horses next. I found it a bit dull, but those who had read the Earth's Children series told me to keep pushing through. I finished it, took a break and then started The Mammoth Hunters.
I do not think I will be continuing with the Earth's Children series after this installment.
The novel is 645 pages long (in my edition) but all the action could have been condensed to 200 pages or less. Auel has a way with descriptions, and that wasn't the problem. The problem was that the same things kept happening over and over and the same conversation was had 20 different times before an outcome. I started to skip passages because of the redundancy.
The character development that Auel created in The Valley of Horses kind of falls apart and the characters of Ayla and Jondalar appear very one sided throughout The Mammoth Hunters, which is very disappointing.
Overall I would not recommend. Definitely read Clan of the Cave Bear and MAYBE The Valley of Horses, but no need to go any further in this series.
I do not think I will be continuing with the Earth's Children series after this installment.
The novel is 645 pages long (in my edition) but all the action could have been condensed to 200 pages or less. Auel has a way with descriptions, and that wasn't the problem. The problem was that the same things kept happening over and over and the same conversation was had 20 different times before an outcome. I started to skip passages because of the redundancy.
The character development that Auel created in The Valley of Horses kind of falls apart and the characters of Ayla and Jondalar appear very one sided throughout The Mammoth Hunters, which is very disappointing.
Overall I would not recommend. Definitely read Clan of the Cave Bear and MAYBE The Valley of Horses, but no need to go any further in this series.