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Definitely the weakest book of the series so far. All they seemed to do was travel, and the book just seemed to stop. There was really no point to this book - apart from the very end which you have to read 700 pages just to get to, and then it makes you want to instantly read the next one!

reader_and_writer's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

This volume was more interesting than the third one. However, I still feel it lacked character developments even though there was a huge potential. Ayla is still worried about Jondalar’s people, she’s still seen as a “Goddess” by EVERY (every) people they meet - which ends up being quite redondant - and Jondalar is still being intent on going his Journey back home. The only true character development we could notice is Jondalar finally coming to terms about Neanderthals not being animals, at last!
Auel somehow keeps me enamoured with her series with her landscape descriptions and the continuous storyline of Ayla and Jondalar. The ending of this book teases what we have been waiting for, I anticipate a lot!

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2.0

My least liked novel of this series, this books just seems to go on and on. It's repetitive to the point of frustration and aside from one unique encounter, just has a terrible feeling of plodding along.

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4.5

The best book in the Earth's Children series? No. But, my favorite. The book is half incredibly beautiful passages describing native flora and fauna of middle Europe and half poorly written smut. But God, the former just whisked me away to another world reading this as a teen

linda_1410's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

At this point in the series, it really was getting ridiculous how many of the crucial advancements to humanity Ayla and Jondolar were responsible for discovering and spreading across Europe. Again, no real plot here so this serves as more of a travelogue back up the Danube to what we currently call France. We see some of the same tribes as from book 2, but meet others along the way, and there's some messed up crap going on here and there, and some more early human inventions to discover, like soap.

The big tension here though is they're getting closer and closer to Jondolar's people, who Jondolar has said won't accept her if they find out who raised her. And then I had to wait eight years to find out what happened next. 🤣

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4.0

My least fave of the series I think. Still good, but the formula of travel a bit -- meet new people -- travel a bit more gets pretty tiring! Also I'm sooo sick of the sex scenes.

Full disclosure I'm stupid attached to these books so I'm giving them all 4 or 5 star reviews.

fernandoyataco1991's review against another edition

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4.0

El inicio de un nuevo viaja marca el inicio de nuevas aventuras. Una oportunidad que Auel le da a sus personajes para crecer y estrechar esa relación con los lectores de la serie.

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