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reviewed The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel (Earth's Children, No. 6)

Jean M. Auel: The Land of Painted Caves (2011, Crown) 3 stars

In The land of Painted Caves, Jean M. Auel brings the ice-age epic Earth's Children …

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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.