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Title: Where's the plot?
Review: I cannot believe, after 12 years of "research", this is the best Ms. Auel can come up with. The tediousness of the cave life (yes, yes, you wake up and pass your water, but do I need to read about it several times throughout the book?), the ad nauseum introductions, the one-dimensional characters...I was beyond frustrated! I think ice age cave life was well covered in her previous books and was looking forward to seeing the story advance and bring closure to many of the visions and dreams Ayla has had throughout the previous books. Even now, Ms. Auel has let 5 years elapse since this was released and I can't help but wonder if we will ever see the dramatic conclusion alluded to in previous books. She doesn't need more research, she needs to finish!
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