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Title: Big Let-down
Review: After waiting all these years to finally finish the story of Ayla and Jondalar, I am severely disappointed in the fifth book in the Earth's Children series. I loved the first four books but found myself actually skipping pages in this one. I was skipping pages not because I was so excited, but because I was trying to find something to keep me interested. That dreadful song/psalm/poem nearly killed me. I do hope that Ms. Auel will not feel she has to retell the major points of her previous five books when she writes the sixth installment of the series. This book was too long. "The Clan of the Cave Bear" is only 468 pages long and it is a great story. Instead of writing another epic 700+ page novel, maybe the next book will be a little less long-winded and a little quicker in coming, too. I gave the book two stars but you can see I am already anxious for the next part of the story to be told. Please, Ms. Auel, just keep it simple next time. Thank you.
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