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Ny_Griffith
Mar 08, 2013Ny_Griffith rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I'm sorry to say that I finished it late last night. Why sorry? The time I wasted slogging through it, and also the sadness of seeing such a promising series treated so poorly. Of the 700 pages, I'd estimate at least 100 are simply cut and paste and repetitive sections taken from other books. Do we really need to the "Song of the Mother" reprinted ad nauseum on page after page? And do you really need to retell the story of the first 5 books every time Ayla meets new people? Jean M. Auel disappointed. There is no real character development. And the real lack of though and energy she invested into the last book of the series comes through in the book's ending. Which is basically an exact retelling of a similar event that happened between Ayla and Jondalar in the Mammoth Hunters (Book 3). Sad, sad, sad. The only reason I finished the book is because I'm stubborn and I wanted to see how bad it would get.