The Clan of the Cave Bear

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Summary: FABU BOOK!!! The best book of Pre-Historic times!
Review: This is the one of the best book's I have ever read!!!Jean M. Auel is truly a gifted Writer. Simply a FABU BOOK!!!

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read
Review: I absolutely adored this novel. I first read it when I was in sixth grade and have since re-read it many times over. I felt for every single one of the characters -- even those who were less than desirable. No one character was truly evil nor was any one character truly good. Each developed and matured realistically as to their own personal phyche. By the time I turned the last page page I felt as if these characters had really lived and breathed. I must also say that the ending haunted me longer than any other book I have read. The same can not be said for the next couple of books. The second started off pretty well but then degraded itself by becoming nothing more than a romance novel. The other two quickly followed suite. Other than using them as a sex manual, I can see little value in them. I still care for Ayla and the Clan to want to know what happens next but I will probably wait until the paperback issues of her next two novels.

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Summary: Sensational.
Review: I enjoyed this book a lot. It was difficult for me to put it down at times. The end of the book leaves you captivated. It makes you want to start the next book in the series as soon as possible.

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Summary: Original, captivating story. But STOP here.
Review: A thoroughly original novel that takes sci-fi and fantasy genre into the stone age. Even if some of Ayla's super-woman exploits challenge the imagination, you will enjoy the speculation of religious and cultural life in Neanderthal society. Also the natural surroundings are captivating. DO NOT, however, read further in the series, unless you like trashy romance novels. They degenerate quickly, with the Valley of Horses ok at a 6 or so, then the Mammoth Hunters about a 2. At that point I wised up and stopped reading Ms. Auel's filth. Let me know when she finds originality again.

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Summary: Dying for the next book!!
Review: This is one of the most brilliant books I have ever read!! I have read all four books millions of times now, but have a special request for the author- Can we please have the next two books in the series, soon, PLEASE????? I don't think I can bear the suspense much longer!

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Summary: The best ever i would give it a 15 if I could
Review: It is a magnigicent book, just make sure you are not doing anything when you read it because you wont put it down.

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Summary: Oh, puhleeeeaze!
Review: I wouldn't have stuck with this improbably (even for fantasy) tale much beyond the parts where Ayla: 1) invents shampoo and 2)discovers fire, but I was in that proverbial "desert island" situation (it happens!). I guess you have to be into sci fi set in the stone age.

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Summary: Where is the fifth book in this series???
Review: I, like many others, approached these novels for various reasons. I had read "Neanderthal", "Almost Adam", etc. and a friend suggested that I might find Auel a nice progression in the theme of Pre-Historic life. What she did not tell me was how sensitively written the series was and how visually exciting the words were in the mind. I could not put them down and, in fact, became a bit like Ayla, my bedroom akin to her cave, her isolation a parallel to my own not seeing anyone or doing anything except finishing all four books in a single bound of a few weeks! They are perfect beach reading, perfect down-time reading (but make sure you have plenty of time to savor each word and to gleen as many of the bits of historical and botanical information that you can.)

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Summary: One of the best books ever writen!
Review: This has been one of the best searies of books i have ever read. As your reading you can picture everything from the land scape to the excact picture of what the charecters look like. I cant wait untill the nexted one comes out. I hope she never stops. other books on this subject are not as good , i tried others

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Summary: Love this series
Review: I have read, re-read, passed the set of all four books of Earth's Children to friends, bought the set of cassettes and listened to them several times while driving and doing housework. I am so very anxious to get the next book that I can hardly stand it and have checked the bookstores repeatedly over the past few years hoping I would find the fifth book. I hope the series continues for many, many more books. This series, as you can tell, is my favorite and now, when the seasons change, I picture what it must have been like living in caves etc. Did I mention that I loved this series.