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Title: *yawn*
Review: It seems that Auel was being paid by the word in this 5th book in her series. There is so much repetition and review that a fan of her previous books could skip pages at a time and not miss a single thing. Shallow characters, NO engrossing story lines or characture clashes, and not more than a glimpse of Ayla and Jondalar's new life together. Boring. Take out all the mindless erotica (that I skip anyway and always have), and about half of the flora and fauna descriptions, and every single recitation of the poem, and you will have a 100 page book to segway on to book number 6. I rushed to get one of the first hardback copies of this book. It was a waste of money and reading time. For the next addition to the series, I'll put my name on the waiting list at the library....if there even is one.
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