Amanda M. (tapcat16) reviewed on 5/26/2011 + 150 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

The best way to describe this final entry in the series is that Auel nose-dived off Niagara Falls while holding your favorite kitten. The plot is meandering, pointless, and terrible. The big reveal of Ayla's purpose is the most inane, ridiculous thing I've ever read. The romance is painful. Characters we loved we now loathe. All that was bright and shiny in the pre-historic world of Ayla is now completely covered in dog crap. Really disgusting dog crap. My best advice to fans of the series is to stop the story at whatever entry left them the most happy (for me, that was The Mammoth Hunters) and pretend that Jondalar rode off into the sunset with Ayla. Just pretend this book doesn't exist.

If you want more details as to what, exactly, makes this so awful, check out my full (spoiler-filled) review.

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