Earth Children Series
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Earth Children Series
Honey51 | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 06:13 am     Is anyone waiting as eagerly as I am for "Shelters of Stone"? This series has been one of my favorites and waiting so long for volume 5 has been hard. |
Crystalfire | Friday, March 15, 2002 - 07:24 am     I have been waiting over 10 years for the new book. I'm glad it finally seems to be ready for publication. Now, of course, I'll have to reread the first 4 to refresh my memory. (Not that it won't be a pleasure) Which one is your favorite? They are all great, but I think I liked The Valley of Horses the best. I loved the parts about Baby and how she raised him. Of course, I also liked Wolf from Mammoth Hunters. |
Gail | Friday, March 15, 2002 - 03:06 pm     It is being released April 30th - that's my birthday!! Coincidence?? I have all 4 of the previous ones on unabridged audio cassettes and listen to them about every other year. I might listen to Plains of Passage again for kicks. My favorite of the 4 is Valley of Horses (though Clan of the Cave Bear is good too). I liked the way the characters developed and I liked when Ayla found Whinney and Baby. I like all of them but after a while (especially if you listen to all of them on tape) they get very repetitious. It is one thing to catch a reader up a little but there is way too much of it in the last 2 books. This is so noticeable if you read them back to back. But, I am really anxiously awaiting this book too. I might even take the next day off so I can read it. |
Honey51 | Monday, March 18, 2002 - 04:47 am     Clan of the Cave Bear is my favorite. It made me really think about how things must have been that long ago. I agree that there is a little too much repetition in the last two, but I stll enjoyed reading them. I hope "Shelters of Stone" lives up to the rest. |
Kady | Monday, March 18, 2002 - 08:13 pm     My 10 year old has read all these book. He will be excited to get the new one. He is a very avid reader. |
Honey51 | Monday, April 08, 2002 - 04:45 am     I went to Amazon.com and they had the 1st chapter posted. After reading it, I'm more than ready to read the whole book. The first chapter brought everything back as to why I like Auel's writing. |
Crystalfire | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 06:38 pm     I finally read Shelters of Stone this weekend. I have to say, I was disappointed. It felt like it was all build up and no big climax or ending. I still want to read the next one, because it is supposed to be the last, but I didn't think this one was worth the long wait. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 10:40 pm     I liked it but agree.. nothing really compares to the excitement of reading the first one. But, I enjoyed it and will read the next one too. |
Sage | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 02:33 am     I just finished reading all 5 books, back to back over the past few weeks. I trudged through Clan Of The Cave Bear, but once I started reading Valley of Horses, I was totally hooked. I think that one is my favorite, with The Mammoth Hunters falling in second. The Plains of Passage left me very frustrated most of the time, and I found myself flipping through page after page of ridiculous repetition... I didn't bother to read all the boring, detailed descriptions of the landscape and what have you, but just skimmed over it. The Shelters of Stone was a little better in that we got to meet his family, and see their mating, and the birth of their daughter (though I find the name of the child, Jonayla, rather silly and elementary on the creative side). The book did end rather abruptly, knowing there are loose ends to be tied, and wondering where the author will take you with Ayla's training as a Zelandoni. Also the fact that Ayla has 4 strong enemies to contend with, that this book built up to, is another aspect of my looking forward to the final book. I'd say all in all its a good story, but in my opinion, didn't need to be told in 6 volumes. I assume that Jean Auel got so caught up in her research and her love of the ice age period, that she couldn't leave much of her data out of the story. I think that is too bad, because it just seemed like way too much, and it detracted from the main plot. |
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