Traducida a 35 idiomas, LOS HIJOS DE LA TIERRA es una de las series más conocidas y de más éxito de la historia del mundo editorial. Sus ventas suman por el momento más de 45 millones de ejemplares, 3 de ellos sólo en España y América Latina. Jean M. Auel combina sus brillantes dotes narrativas y unos personajes atractivos con una sorprendente recreación de la manera de vivir de hace miles de años, plasmando el terreno y convirtiendo los lugares, los deseos, las creencias, la creatividad y la vida cotidiana de los europeos de la Era Glacial en algo muy real para el lector de hoy en día.
Hace ya muchos años que Ayla, la niña cromañón, fue expulsada del Clan del Oso Cavernario y que inició su largo viaje por todo el continente europeo. Finalmente, en este libro, La tierra de las cuevas pintadas, se ha establecido en …
Traducida a 35 idiomas, LOS HIJOS DE LA TIERRA es una de las series más conocidas y de más éxito de la historia del mundo editorial. Sus ventas suman por el momento más de 45 millones de ejemplares, 3 de ellos sólo en España y América Latina. Jean M. Auel combina sus brillantes dotes narrativas y unos personajes atractivos con una sorprendente recreación de la manera de vivir de hace miles de años, plasmando el terreno y convirtiendo los lugares, los deseos, las creencias, la creatividad y la vida cotidiana de los europeos de la Era Glacial en algo muy real para el lector de hoy en día.
Hace ya muchos años que Ayla, la niña cromañón, fue expulsada del Clan del Oso Cavernario y que inició su largo viaje por todo el continente europeo. Finalmente, en este libro, La tierra de las cuevas pintadas, se ha establecido en la cueva de donde procede su compañero Jondalar, con quien ha tenido una muy deseada hija llamada Jonayla. La joven lucha por encontrar un equilibrio entre sus nuevas obligaciones como madre y su preparación para convertirse en líder espiritual y en curandera. Durante su formación queda muy impactada al contemplar las maravillosas pinturas que se encuentran en algunas cuevas y le ayudan a sentirse especialmente cercana a la Madre Tierra.
Review of 'The Land of Painted Caves' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Utterly agonizing. An absolute slog. It could have had literal hundreds of pages cut with no consequence.
I cannot begin to describe how insufferable these characters are, ESPECIALLY Jondalar. I hate that man so much - and the last hundred odd pages of this book truly cemented him as the worst of the worst.
I would have dropped this if it wasn’t the last. I felt obligated to crawl through it, if only to say I did
Review of 'The Land of Painted Caves' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Since I read the rest in the series I wanted to read the last book too. I took me ages to get through it. Mostly because it was a tedious walk through caves and basicly the novel takes on the same subject covered in the other books: jalousy, Aylas accent, her medicin skils, her clan heritage etc. Basicly endless repeat.
Spoiler The big finale is that the "how children are made" becomes known by everybody and put in the song of the mother. Not any other surprises or a big finale.
Since I read the rest in the series I wanted to read the last book too. I took me ages to get through it. Mostly because it was a tedious walk through caves and basicly the novel takes on the same subject covered in the other books: jalousy, Aylas accent, her medicin skils, her clan heritage etc. Basicly endless repeat.
Spoiler The big finale is that the "how children are made" becomes known by everybody and put in the song of the mother. Not any other surprises or a big finale.
Review of 'The Land of Painted Caves' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
What. A load. Of manure. 75% plotless descriptions and repetitions followed by 25% pure angst and wallowing in same. Oh and did I mention the repetitions? I know all of Ayla's names and ties by heart, the Mother's Song did not improve with extensive familiarity and YES, Ayla speaks with an accent. I get it and I do remember the reader telling me about it five hundred times before. I wondered while listening to this if Auel had actually reached an age where she had forgotten what she had already written, or if the series had simply sold so well over the years that by now she could get away with any drivel she wanted.
What. A load. Of manure. 75% plotless descriptions and repetitions followed by 25% pure angst and wallowing in same. Oh and did I mention the repetitions? I know all of Ayla's names and ties by heart, the Mother's Song did not improve with extensive familiarity and YES, Ayla speaks with an accent. I get it and I do remember the reader telling me about it five hundred times before. I wondered while listening to this if Auel had actually reached an age where she had forgotten what she had already written, or if the series had simply sold so well over the years that by now she could get away with any drivel she wanted.
Review of 'The Land of Painted Caves' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
This book is sadly disappointing compared to the previous books in the series. I would add a spoiler tag, but really, there's no need as NOTHING happens during the entire book. It was a giant book of visiting caves and looking at cave drawings.
And really, do I need to be be reminded every chapter that Ayla has a strange accent making people realize she's a foreigner from far away? Or that she is unusual because she can control animals. I get it. I got it in the previous books. I don't really need to read it over and over again.
[b:The Clan of the Cave Bear|1295|The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)|Jean M. Auel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1324059993s/1295.jpg|1584694] is one of my all time favourite books and I have read every book in the series. My love for that book is the only reason I picked this one up to read. …
This book is sadly disappointing compared to the previous books in the series. I would add a spoiler tag, but really, there's no need as NOTHING happens during the entire book. It was a giant book of visiting caves and looking at cave drawings.
And really, do I need to be be reminded every chapter that Ayla has a strange accent making people realize she's a foreigner from far away? Or that she is unusual because she can control animals. I get it. I got it in the previous books. I don't really need to read it over and over again.
[b:The Clan of the Cave Bear|1295|The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)|Jean M. Auel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1324059993s/1295.jpg|1584694] is one of my all time favourite books and I have read every book in the series. My love for that book is the only reason I picked this one up to read. I wish I hadn't.
Review of 'The Land of Painted Caves' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
While creating a toy for a crippled child, Ayla inadvertantly invents a crude combustion engine, saving the tribe from total anhilation at the hands of nature. She is congratulated by her best friend the lion and conveys her satisfaction to her horse, whose language she speaks. She celebrates the tribe's deliverance from the peril that only just began to occur shortly before her arrival by having perfect sex with her sensitive cave-man lover.
It's the sixth book in the series, thirty years after the first book was printed and ten since the last. Jean M. Auel clearly needs a new jetski.
While creating a toy for a crippled child, Ayla inadvertantly invents a crude combustion engine, saving the tribe from total anhilation at the hands of nature. She is congratulated by her best friend the lion and conveys her satisfaction to her horse, whose language she speaks. She celebrates the tribe's deliverance from the peril that only just began to occur shortly before her arrival by having perfect sex with her sensitive cave-man lover.
It's the sixth book in the series, thirty years after the first book was printed and ten since the last. Jean M. Auel clearly needs a new jetski.
