Mary Jo S. reviewed If only they were all as good as the first! on 9/30/2008 + 3 more book reviews

Clan of the Cave Bear was a ground-breaking, exciting novel. The following two books I found reasonably decent follow-ups, but the series has since become more and more tedious to read. There is still one book that is supposed to come after this one to tie up all the loose ends, I only hope that it can return to at least some of the magic of the earlier ones. Auel just seems to be going through the motions at this point, and the characters have little development, and so much is constantly repeated that we already know that it just becomes frustrating to read. If you're a fan of the series, of course you'll need to pick it up and see what happens. But unlike early books in Earth's Children, this is not one I would be inclined to read over and over and enjoy multiple times.

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