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Title: I waited 10 years for THIS?!
Review: Auel apparently grew bored and uninspired with her characters and story, because she literally cut and pasted pages and pages of descriptions and events from previous books into this book. The repeating of all names and ties and putting in lyrics to silly, long songs was not a creative way to take up space -- she should have made this book shorter. This effort was a major disappointment. The author gives the impression that this book was done purely for the profit margin, not the integrity of the story.As for the story line itself, it is ok -- but never finishes anything like the contest of wills between Ayla and Marona, or the drunk, or the 'mixed-spirits' guy...and that fact that Ayla is practically forced into their preisthood after repeatedly saying no, and in the past not liking the spiritual stuff, is really just stupid and out of character for her.While I hope it doesn't take 10 years for the last one, I won't be rushing to buy it in hardcover either.
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