Helpful Score: 2
This was an amazing book, although some of the plot is just a little to convenient. (Such as Zolena conveniently having become obese and her and Ayla being buddies) I still love the story for the historical value and am constantly amazed by the authors creativity in trying to recreate what life was like for these people. I am looking forward to the conclusion of this series. Especially since the end of the book ended rather abruptly!
Helpful Score: 1
This is a good read, but sometimes a slow read with some areas being overdone. How many times does the author have to rehash events from the previous four books? Every chapter it seems. Plus the sexual encounters between Ayla and Jondalar are forced as if the author just had to have something for filler to make the book longer. As others have said, I barely skim over the descriptive narrative and all the ridiculously long and overused "formal introductions" of characters to each other. This book could easily be half the number of pages and still be good.
Helpful Score: 1
The 6th book in Jean Auel's Earth's Children series. This book ranks with Valley of Horses, Mammoth Hunters and Painted Caves as among my favorite. The character development is very well done. The scenery and ambiance are incredible. The inclusion of how they developed tools, animal as allies, and lived off the land are what kept me glued to the stories (I have a list of the herbs on a sticky note attached to the inside back cover for re4ference.)
I reread this entire series every 2 years as I miss the ambiance and enjoy my time in the story so much.
I highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys not only a good story, but also learning something about how people most probably lived long ago. Combining her knowledge as a paleontologist with her impressive writing skills, Ms. Auel makes history come alive!
I reread this entire series every 2 years as I miss the ambiance and enjoy my time in the story so much.
I highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys not only a good story, but also learning something about how people most probably lived long ago. Combining her knowledge as a paleontologist with her impressive writing skills, Ms. Auel makes history come alive!
Helpful Score: 1
It was a long slow read. I enjoyed it, but never was really into it that much. Not as good as the older books. It was way too long of a time period since the last book.
