We are treated to at least six really bad sex scenes (the wording in each is almost identical, the sex is uncomfortable and not sexy at all, the times people have sex is really odd). This book has all the stuff we saw in Valley of the Horses. Now that I've done my duty and said all the good things about this book, I can focus on the 75% of the crap that bugged the hell out of me and nearly broke me. And many of the other clan were pretty well done. I liked Deejee Ayla hasn't had a chance to interact with many females, so it was great that she had a strong female friend. It would have been interesting to see *tries to breath slowly* what would have happened if he had ended up with Ayla. My favorite was Ranec he was such a jolly guy, so friendly, outgoing, clever, witty, and smart. And finally, there are a lot more developed characters this time around-and characters that I actually liked (I don't think I cared for ANY of the characters in The Valley of Horses). It gave Ayla a way to see what her child might have been like, to explore the motherliness of her character. The plotline with Rydag was actually not that bad. At points, I was almost transported back to The Clan of the Cave Bear: learning how the Mamutoi hunt, make clothes, and go about their day-to-day lives getting a peak into their religion learning their social structure. Firstly, Auel opens up her world and introduces us to the Mamutoi and their ways describing different cultures, digging into the past and revealing it to the audience is Auel's strong suit, and it's nice to have her back in her element. ![]() Jondalar, being the perfect perfectness of perfect maleness (You do know, after all that Jondalar is "The Mother's Gift to Women"), assures her that the Mamutoi are good people, and the two hang out with the Mamutoi.īefore I start my ranting, I need to say the good things about this book or I will completely forget them and start censoring profanities. Now, Ayla is quivering in fear, afraid that this Other is going to see her and immediately know, somehow, that she lived with the Clan and hate her (this is only 1 of the many continuity conflicts in this story). When we last left Ayla and Jondalar, they were returning to Jondalar's family, standing smiling as they met one of the Mamutoi. WARNING: This book has caused me a lot of heartache, and as I review it, I may end up in a ball of mush, blathering unintelligibly. But soon will come the great spring mammoth hunt, when Ayla must choose her mate and her destiny -to remain in the Hearth with Ranec, or to follow Jondalar into a far-off place and an unknown future. Throughout the icy winter, Ayla is torn between her two men. Here, too, is Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory tusks to whom Ayla is irresistibly drawn- setting Jondalar on fire with jealousy. Here Ayla finds her first women friends, and painful memories of the Clan she left behind. Though Ayla must learn their strange customs and language, it is because of her uncanny hunting and healing skills that she is adopted into the Mammoth Hearth. ![]() Now, with her devoted Jondalar, Ayla boldly sets forth into the land of the Mamutoi-the Mammoth Hunters, the Others she has been seeking. Auel continues the breathtaking epic journey of the woman called Ayla. ![]() With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan Of The Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley Of Horses, Jean M. Auel opens the door of time to reveal an age of wonder and terror at the dawn of humanity.
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