Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 1/30/2019 + 1032 more book reviews

There are things about this I liked. I do like Auel giving descriptions of the geography, the way things might have been done, how people lived. I like the horses...But DAMN this book is repetitive. I can't count how many times Ayla tells the story of Whinny, of finding Jondalar, Wolf, the boy Rydag. Every.Single.Person mentions her accent, some of them multiple times. Almost everyone except the evillest of villains loves Ayla, who can do absolutely no wrong. At least the bit about spirits vs. "essence" is reduced to only maybe 10 times vs. every chapter. This book would have been a lot more interesting if the Zelandonii had not miraculously abandoned their prejudices against flatheads...just too unbelievable.

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