A review by henry_wallison
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

5.0

This book was phenomenal; it was honestly addictive. It's been a minute since I've been so deeply enthralled in a book that I neglected sleep, but this book effortlessly brought me to that point. Auel has successfully created a character whose triumphs I am so deeply and personally invested in. Each character's personality feels very well defined and consistent. When first reading, I was bothered by some of the factual inaccuracies surrounding neanderthals (which, while never explicitly stated, seems to clearly be the species the Clan is based on), but I quickly realized that many of these discrepancies made the narrative more interesting (such as
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