The Valley of Horses

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Summary: Whoa! I didn't expect that!
Review: Okay, I just recently finished reading Clan of the Cave Bear, or the fisrt book in this series, and thought it was good. I read this, and got to the "Rites of Pleasure" part, and about gagged myself with a large spork. Jesus, I am thirteen, and that is about the dirtiest thing I have ever read in my life. It is like Porn in a book.

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Summary: Beautiful and heart-renching
Review: The Valley of Horses has the revered spot on my bookshelf. Ayla is so beautiful and masterful, so full of thought and emotion. The whole story transports you and you long to be hunting with Ayla. For students learning about early man, this is highly reccomended, though it is fiction. Fairly graphic, so children under 13 shouldn't read it.

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Summary: plains of passage(the 4th. book I have on my own
Review: It is a kind of book,I cannot get rif of untill

I am at the top of the end.

I mean :I have read it in a week even this book is enough long ,though not too difficult in spite al the description I encountered. But I enjoyed read it and I am looking the next one

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Summary: All the books in the Earths Children series are excellent
Review: I thought that this book was very good...the first one in the series left u hanging...so this one was really interesting..as are all her books in this series

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Summary: This book is excellent!
Review: When I read the Clan of the Cave Bear, I was in seventh grade.(I'm in 8th, now) I loved it, and couldn't put it down. The same wentfor The Valley of Horses. Ayla is real, as are Jondalar, Whinney and Baby. Her story is touching, realistic and enjoyable. I recomend this book to just about everyone, along with its sequels, The Mammoth Hunters and the Plains of Passage.

Yes, there is sex in this book, and the ones that follow. Lots of sex. But you know, its really just something you have to live with. It's a major part of Ayla and Jondalar's lives, and probably yours too, if you're married or older than I am. And if you can get past the sex, it really IS an excellent book.

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Summary: A wonderful sequel to Clan of the Cave Bear
Review: After finishing Clan Of the Cave Bear, I didn't know there was a sequel until a few years later. I was in sixth grade I think. As soon as I found out though, I instantly had to rush out to buy it. I was thrilled to find it had the same wonderful descriptive details I loved in the first one. I learned more from the books than I did in school in a week.

Jean M. Auel has outdone herself with this sequel to Clan Of The Cave Bear. I couldn't put it done, and my mother had to force me to do my chores. This was a wonderful and compelling novel to read. It was an extremely well written account of life for Ayla in the prehistoric times.

I enjoyed the plot given, the tale of her meeting Jondalar and her animals Whinny and Baby. I sometimes wished I was in her place. I sincerely recommend this book. Ayla was a wonderful heroine to read about.

Please, look beyond the graphic sex. Sex is a part of life. You can't shelter yourself from it. Those scenes were there to help tell the story of Ayla and her sexual awakening. Without it, the book would not have been complete. This book deserves more than five stars. I give it two thumbs way up.

P.S. Yes, I was a sixth grader when I read it. I've also read the other four books and await the fifth in earnest. Those of you who think that the sex in all of the books makes them trashy, get a damn life!

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Summary: One of the best books I've read
Review: I made sure I got a hold of this book after having read The Clan of The Cave Bear. A really wonderful series, never knew I would be so captivated by a story of that era.

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Summary: Powerful! Moving! I loved it!
Review: I read this book at age 15, and absolutly loved it! Ayla creates a woderful rolemodel for young women. She is alone in a vally by herself for some time, yet she stays strong, and keeps herself happy. Although the sexual content is a bit much at times, it is a part of life! I definatly recommended it and the 3 others in the series to anyone. Never before has the Ice Age been so wonderfully described to me! And definatly never in such an interesting manner!

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Summary: Incredibly Absorbing Story
Review: I never thought I would enjoy reading about the Ice Age but I am definitely a believer now! I enjoyed all of the Earth Children series but Valley of the Horses is my favorite. It let you see everything in your mind because of the great descriptiveness. It is hard to believe that I could enjoy listening to a book as much as I enjoyed reading it. I hated when the traffic let up because it meant I would reach my destination and have to quit listening. Listening to these tapes made driving to and from work something that I actually looked forward to.

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Summary: I really like it, but.........
Review: This book is the second in the Earth's Children series, but I don't think that it carries on the promise of the Clan of the Cave Bear. Auel's subject is well researched, and the way she talks about the environment (and, in particular, the plants) makes the subject fascinating. But there is a quality in this series that tends to make the books worsen as they go. The problems with what is otherwise brilliantly drawn characters- they tend to have graphic sex every five pages.

Aside from that, the way Auel has put together these characters, these variants on the classic (or maybe *the* classic) Mother religion, and the conflicts that expertly bring to light what some of our own prejudices would be, has hooked me on her literature and I am looking forward to her next book.