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Summary: Hung...
Review: I have read CotCB (no joke) at *least* 12 times. I have read the rest all above 3. PoP was a revival. MH was the soap opera of wondering (duh! as if she would pick anyone but J!)who will she pick. VoH was glorious in its own right. But none of it tops CotCB. I think the reason I gave PoP a 4 is that I am still hanging on that cliff. Literally. I am convinced that the rock we see with Ayla at the end of PoP is the same one that Creb always had visions of. So I've been dying to find out if I'm right. I really would like a return to more of the Clan, especially to Durc. I admit I am getting frustrated. I ask when 5 is coming whenever I'm in a bookstore...
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Summary: Great book, I have read them all more than once.
Review: This book as well as all the others make you feel like you are there. When reading them I feel like cooking for my family on an open fire and gathering herbs and plants. Without the discriptions which make things so real this would not be true. I will continue to read these books over and over till we see a new adventure. I look forward to seeing and reading the next book.
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Summary: Cliff-hanger
Review: This book makes you expect another with eagerness however we all are left waiting for book number five. Please hurry Ms. Auel I'm wearing out the other four by re-reading over and over again I would love to wear out book five the same way.
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Summary: The best I have ever read
Review: Wow! I have read all four books countless times, and I have yet to find another series quite as captivating. I cried with Ayla when she was evicted from the Clan, felt her inner turmoil with Jondalar and held my breath for the outcome of her debate between Jondalar and Ranec. I must say a little steam was lost with this one (the Plains of Passage) but there's no question I'll be in line for the next one! Now, if only it would come a little faster...P.S.-It would kind of stink to be pregnant that long, I think! =)
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Summary: All right, already... let's move on.
Review: At this point, *anyone* could write these books. The Mammoth Hunters was about 30% review material from prior books, and Plains of Passage was easily 40%. It's tiresome to re-read over and over about Jondalar's worries that he won't father a child. Should Ayla tell him about her special morning tea, or not? It's frustrating to keep rehashing old plots as the basis for new ones. If you are interested in how Ayla and Jondalar got where they are today, read the other books! For those of us who already know, we really want some more plot, please. Regardless of these sentiments, I confess to being a complete junkie on these books. I find them extremely interesting in the light of their historical accuracy to archaeolgical artifacts. Yep, there's some sex, too, although it's pretty standard stuff, and for some reason, the idea of non-simultaneous orgasms must not have been around 15,000-25,000 years ago. My predictions for the rest of this series: Ayla meets Jondalar's people and ends up being a head-woman of the Zelandoni, combining her spiritual and leadership abilities; along the way, she invents agriculture out of the necessity to have some crops nearby; Ayla invents archaic pictographic writing as a way of communicating across broad distances; Ayla bears a son to Jondalar, and that baby grows up and gets into conflict with Durc or his child, and the new ways overcome the old ways, fulfilling Creb's prediction, but Ayla can mediate because of her fluency in the languages of Clan and the Others; Ayla discovers that yeast makes bread rise; Ayla perfects the wine growing processes of the Zelandoni (who over time become the Franks); Jondalar invents the bow and arrow and perfects the spear-thrower; Jondalar has major anxiety over his early passion for his Zelandoni shaman but he doesn't tell Ayla because he's such a brooding type; love conquers all. Sincerely, I hope Jean Auel will come out with the next book soon, because I'm dying to read it and I know that, flaws and all, these books ar! e still among my favorites.
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Summary: Fantastic as the others, with one exception.
Review: The book takes us on a journey so realistic, that when Ayla is cold, I grab a blanket for warmth...when she fixes Jondular's tea, I get some hot herbal tea. She cooks a bird in the ground, and I can smell the delicious aroma. Jean Auel takes you there! But I am tired of re-hashing so much of her "past" (more with each book), that it becomes so boring in parts. If anyone wants to know details of the past, they should read the first books. Perhaps it would not take her so long to write new books, if she didn't have to re-write so much of the former books. I found myself getting angry whenever too much of the past was brought up (again and again and again). Will I read the last book? YOU BET!
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Summary: One of the most captivating books I have read.
Review: Why or why have we been kept waiting for the next chapter? Gone on! We are all waiting in anticipation.
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Summary: STILL WAITING
Review: I am a big fan of Auel. I was waiting for the next book in the series. I missed her talk at my local college a few years back. This book and all of them delves into the construct that two forms of human life may have been around at the same time. This is a theory some scientists see as a possibility! END
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Summary: PLEASE HURRY! Eagerly awaiting further adventures w/Ayla!
Review: I have followed Ayla through all four books and have loved them all! Jean Auel's writing never grows stale and repetitive. Please, Please hurry with the next one!
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Summary: A long journey by two captivating characters
Review: I loved the first 3 books; first reading them, then listening to the unabridged versions on tape. I really feel drawn into the world of our ancient past. Reading the Plains of Passage in book form, I admit to a lot of skimming in the first half. Listening to it on tape was easier, as the descriptive passages were more interesting to listen to then I had remembered them on the page. At exactly the halfway mark, when Ayla & Jondalar first meet up with some people, things really get going, and the book goes from boring to exciting until the end. I am really looking forward to hearing more of Ayla's story, and hope that in book five the author doesn't spend the first half rehashing stuff I already know, and endlessly describing Jondalar's impossibly blue eyes and impressive manhood. There is an Earth's Children website and discussion group for people as fascinated by the series as I am...Hope I have the next book before then. Meanwhile, I'll keep checking Amazon to see if the book is out yet!
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