A review by alanathehangry
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
1.0
This book bored me to tears. If this was nonfiction, it would've made more sense. It was amazing how the author took us back through time and gave an intricate display of times past. But, no, this was fiction.
Most of it felt largely unnecessary. It was incredibly over-written. It felt that she wrote each sentence at least three different ways, when we only needed one (or maybe not any at all).
To her credit, I cared about the characters: Ayla, Isa, and Creb. And I hated Broud. So she did a good job developing them in that way. It felt like family. Ayla's character arc was decent I guess. The story ended flat for me.
I suppose I'll return to the fact that I was just bored throughout almost the entire book. However, it wasn't bad enough for me to stop. It was bad enough for me to step outside the room for a few moments while I was listening, though. So happy to be done with it.
But still, mad props to the author for the level of dedication to the research and making that time period come alive.
Most of it felt largely unnecessary. It was incredibly over-written. It felt that she wrote each sentence at least three different ways, when we only needed one (or maybe not any at all).
To her credit, I cared about the characters: Ayla, Isa, and Creb. And I hated Broud. So she did a good job developing them in that way. It felt like family. Ayla's character arc was decent I guess. The story ended flat for me.
I suppose I'll return to the fact that I was just bored throughout almost the entire book. However, it wasn't bad enough for me to stop. It was bad enough for me to step outside the room for a few moments while I was listening, though. So happy to be done with it.
But still, mad props to the author for the level of dedication to the research and making that time period come alive.