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Summary: I have been with Ayla thru her travels
Review: I would like to know what fate awaits her. Is there another tale in the waiting?
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Summary: The book that has everything
Review: Ayla is a true heroine. She's definitely been through it all and kept on going and growing. She has love for the Clan that took her in, for her child, for her Jondalar'. I can't wait for the new book..I was lucky enough to discover the series when three books were out, so I could be immersed in Ayla"s life in a short period of time. Waiting for the Plains was hard, but this new wait is downright painful. Are we SURE Jean is alive? Never have I been affected so by a story. Captivating...but not predictable. Hurry and write, Jean...please.
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Summary: A novel you will be reading into the early morning hours
Review: While reading this series it seemed to always slip into my mind throughout anytime of the day. It became so facinating that I would ponder it constantly. I am marveled at the talent Mrs.Auel has been blessed with and grateful she has shared her blessings and given us a true heroine in Ayla. This will been a series I will treasure and will love to read again and again.The time she has put into researching truely paid off.You feel as if you are right there treking along on the steppes. Reading this series has been such a wonderful experience.
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Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: My best friend first introduced these books to me probably when I was 14 or 15. Since then, I have not been able to put them down. I don't know how many times that I've read, and re-read these books. They still get me every time. The detailing and description really makes me think, and visualize what Ayla sees. I often wish that I could be her, sees what she sees, and Jondalar! How cute is he? I know every book almost off by heart. I know what's coming, and how they will all end, but I still anticipate and agonize every time. I haven't bought many other books because the Earth's Children Series always satisfies, and leaves me wanting more. I too, am anxious for the next book(s) to come out. Hurry up already!
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Summary: Reasonably enjoyable but often silly.
Review: This book is an incredibly original undertaking, and I have to give Jean Auel a lot of credit for that.What ultimately kept me from really loving the book was the way in which Ayla (sp?) makes discoveries about her environment. For example, she comes to the conclusion that pregnancy comes from sex, not spirits. However, we are treated to no logical thought processes about why she would think that at all- it's somehow just a revelation she has. Auel could have had her say "I had sex, and now I'm pregnant. I don't think it's a coincidence," which I would have accepted, but instead, every insight she gains in the book just sort of happens. Knowledge doesn't work that way. New insights come from evidence and reason, and Ayla's knowledge NEVER comes that way. Also, new conclusions are often wrong. Aylas never are. She just magically ends up with the right answer about how everything works without thinking it through. My mom has kept me privvy to what Ayla has been up to in the subsequent books (which I was not interested in reading) and it sort of sounds like she's become the professor on Gilligan's Island and is making nuclear reactors out of coconuts or something. I suppose she needs something to write about, so Ayla has to keep making discoveries. It also sounds like it's degraded towards girl porno towards the end of the series as well, which is too bad. Of course, it's not fair for me to comment on the stuff I haven't read.
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Summary: The Story is in the Details
Review: I read it book years ago (when it first came out). Then my parents read it and we all thought it was great. We agreed that it was the minute details of everyday existance that the author gives us that made the book the masterpiece that it is. I have the entire series and have reread the first two several times. I have caught myself drooling over the descriptions of the simple but good foods that Ayla gathers and prepares. The plant lore in the books is amazing and fostered my interest in plants that led me to study wetland botany. In my personal opinion the later books contained too much sex and not enough substance. The first book, Clan of the Cave Bear, is a masterpiece. The second book, The Valley of the Horses, is just as good. The rest don't live up to the standard of the first two. They are more like historical romance and are somewhat of a letdown.
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Summary: I LOVE THESE BOOKS
Review: I read this book when I was 13. I read the other 3 right after and have several times since! I love the characters and the descriptions Auel used and the way I feel I am in the story and picture EVERYTHING as I read. They are the best books I have ever read in my life.
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Summary: Is she dead????
Review: I've been waiting years for the 5th book. Anyone known if she is breathing?? Any news on the new book at all???
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Summary: Simply Fantastic!
Review: It took me quite sometime to actually read 'Clan of the Cave Bear', and when I did, I could finally see why it was so popular, but there was much more...Valley of the Horses followed, and there was no turning back, I read all three in one weekend. And then Plans of Passage hit the book stores, and, well like so many can't wait for the fifth, and here's counting on a sixth. I thank Jean for such an impressive story. Thanks again:)
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Summary: MAJESTIC, AMAZING, CAPTIVATING
Review: I read this book for the first time when I was 14 years old. Since that time, I got the others in the series. I cannot tell you how many times I have read and reread this story, as well as the others. At one time, they came together in paperback, and I bought it. Now, they are so ragged they are held together by tape. I have been awaiting the time when Mrs. Auel comes out with another book. I would definetely be in line for that one.
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