linslazz 's review for:

The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel

2.0

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This book should have been about half the length and could have used some fresh themes instead of the repeats from previous books in the series. I wish more emphasis had been put on the societal implications of the Big Secret being revealed, instead of three hundred pages of donier tours and moon phases. Seeing Ayla's new role as Zelandoni fleshed out a little more would have been nice too instead of the angst she lives through in excruciating detail after her "calling" and the whole Marona thing. I barely finished this book, and being a huge fan of the first 5 this was a disappointment.