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Title: What happened?
Review: Other reviewers were spot on when they mentioned that most of this book was little more than a rehash of previous books. It makes me so sad - the fascination I felt when I first started reading about this world, such as the craft-making, taming of animals, etc. has been stripped away, repetition by repetition. I especially disliked the gratuitous sex scenes that have replaced the warm intimate moments between Ayla and Jondalar. I ended up skipping them to get to more interesting parts, except I found out there weren't very many at all. As I got to the end of the book, I realized I had skipped at least three quarters of the book, because most of it was repetition ad nauseum about Ayla's wonderful character. I used to think Ayla was wonderful too, but she's just not believable anymore ever since she became "Super Ayla, Master of the Universe".
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