Rating: 
Summary: Good, but not gripping enough
Review: I've followed these books from the start and was definitely not as gripped by this one as I was with the others. I love the descriptions of the landscape, the animals, the medicine, the people etc, but like others who've commented on the book, the repetitiveness of certain parts just gets annoying. If I'd had a dollar for every time Ayla described to someone in detail, how she came to have Wolf or Whinney, I'd be able to afford to buy the whole set of books in one go! Don't get me wrong, it's a great book and Jean does so much research and has so much passion for her work - but she does tend to get a bit long winded at times. To say 'Marthona introduced Jondalar and Ayla with their full titles' would have been sufficient after we'd read them all the first time! I was also expecting some sort of 'showdown' with Marona or Laramar, but it never came. I hear Jean is currently writing the 6th book, so maybe that's what she's got in mind for those two nasty pieces of work.
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Summary: Enjoyable, I don't know what all the complaints are about
Review: I had read the reviews ahead of time and knew that we would not see Durc reunited with Ayla, so I was not expecting it. I found this book to be pleasurable (no pun intended) and satisfying. I will eagerly await the next installment. Lets hope it doesn't take her as long.
Rating:
Summary: Moderatly disappointed
Review: As with many others I was anxiously awaiting the release of the new book. For years I had been hearing rumors that Auel had cancer and died, or other crazyness that another book was not being released. Now that I have read the book, and again re-read the series and Shelter's of Stone, I am begining to find the wordiness and repetitivenous tedious. I started to feel that she was cutting and pasting paragraphs from one book to the other. This final book was an OK read, but not the page turner that the other books were. I sincerly hope the next book is a step up.
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Summary: This book could have been written in 100 pages...
Review: I am a big fan of the Earth's Children series and was looking forward to reading the latest novel. There appeared to be no major plot developed in this book. The repition drove me insane -- how many times can you describe how to "introduce" yourself to wolf (in excessive detail)? How many times can you describe how Ayla came to tame a wild horse (in excessive detail)? I believe that the book did a good job of setting up the final book in the series, but I am confident that I could have skipped book 5 and not missed anything of importance.
Rating:
Summary: A Bit Too Draggy in Forward Movement and Plot
Review: Ayla and Jondalar, have just completed a year long journey to arrive at Jondalar's boyhood home, where they want to live together among his people. Ayla is quickly welcomed into his family but has to fit in. With her knowledge of healing and special skills, Alya gains their trust and makes friends. The couple are involved in many experiences and activites that help, although there is little forward movement and character development. But toward the end we get hints of new developments which might be presented in the next book of the series. Let's hope it has all that is lacking in this book.
Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl Books One - Three
Rating:
Summary: never again
Review: I read all the others. They were preposterous but fun - Superwoman meets the Flintstones. This was repetitious drivel and drugery. I'll not be reading the sixth - ever
Rating: 
Summary: This book had no point!
Review: Up to this point, I had looked forward to Jean Auel's books. However, after reading her latested installment I was very disappointed. Yes, she has always been wordy but it seemed the whole book was that way. By the time I was halfway through the book, I was wondering where it was going and I found out at the end. NOWHERE!! What a waste of time and money. This was one of those books that you finish and then say to yourself "Is THAT it?" ...
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Summary: Great book, but...
Review: I have always loved the 'Earth's Children' series. I read Plains of Passage and Shelters of Stone almost back to back. While I thoroughly enjoyed this one, the endless descriptions got really boring after the first 100 pages or so. I admit, I skipped over quite a bit of it. But overall, I still liked the book and the plot, even if it was a bit slow at times, and after the way Auel ended this one, I'm looking forward to the next one.
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Summary: brilliant
Review: i found this book very interesting and exciting, as i actually read this fisrt, due to my mum thinking it was the first in the series. i think other people might have found it slightly boring because it focuses totally on jondalars people and how Ayla interacts, yet this is in a way the same as the first book of the series (which i've now read), as that focused on how she interacted with the Clan. i would reccomend this to anyone who has read the other books.
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Summary: Well, what ahopens next??
Review: I have to agree with some of the reviews of this book, BUT I LOVE this character and so I will avidly read ANYTHING or any book about her...Ayla IS woman...but I DID find the book tedious at times with all the long introductions of people and all their titles and I actually don't care all that much about the socal order of the Zelandoni People........BUT will grab the next book as soon as it becomes available...Ayala is an old friend and I will stick with her to the very bitter end, to the death of Whinney and Wolf and perhaps even Jondular or Ayala herself...is she EVER going to be reunited with Durc?? If I can say antying about this book, I WILL say that I am glad that I did not read this one first and so have read them all in the order in which they were written. This was NOT the best...
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