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The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
2.0

I got into the Earth's Children series on a fluke. This is not the kind of book I would have picked up before but I was challenging myself long ago to read the fiction best sellers of the 90's. Plains of Passage was on the list...and because I can't bring myself to read a book in the middle of a series I started at the beginning. I was shocked that I ended up really liking the books. The stories of Ayla and Jondalar really brought me in. However, I feel my 2 star rating for this book is a bit generous. It was very drawn out and I found myself skimming a bit of this book to get to the story. I'm glad I have closure on the series, but I would not recommend this book to anyone who can just stop at the last book.