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I have read all the books in this series, and started in the 9th grade with Clan of the Cave Bear, and now I am in my late 30's. I loved the series, and waited for each one to come out. The Land of Painted Caves seems like a sell-out, it is very boring, written for people who have never read a page from the other books and have zero interest in a story line or plot. The book constantly referred back to previous story-line information more than once for the same event, which not only seemed like space filler, but made the story even more boring. I felt like the fans of her series were treated like idiots. I was an idiot to spend my hard earn money on something I thought would be captivating, interesting and have a dramatic ending. DO NOT READ, it will be very dissappointing. The other reviews for hard cover are right, the only drama or constant dialogue was in the last 40 pages, and seemed to be thrown together because the publisher said, "hey you need something more than writing about painted mammoths in 20 different caves for 600 pages". It feels like J. Auel, put all her research together, and publisher said I need the book in a week, and therefore no story was told. I can not believe editors read this and thought this book was anything to compare with her previous books. I feel cheated and wish I had not thrown away my receipt, because I would definitely take this book back. The plot lines they did start never even finished. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!! If you stop at Book 5, you will have ended the series better than wasting time with Book 6. If I were the author I would re-write a second version that actually was interesting and inline with the others. And yes this has been done before in books and movies.
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The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
HonuNeek, December 31, 2011
I have read all the books in this series, and started in the 9th grade with Clan of the Cave Bear, and now I am in my late 30's. I loved the series, and waited for each one to come out. The Land of Painted Caves seems like a sell-out, it is very boring, written for people who have never read a page from the other books and have zero interest in a story line or plot. The book constantly referred back to previous story-line information more than once for the same event, which not only seemed like space filler, but made the story even more boring. I felt like the fans of her series were treated like idiots. I was an idiot to spend my hard earn money on something I thought would be captivating, interesting and have a dramatic ending. DO NOT READ, it will be very dissappointing. The other reviews for hard cover are right, the only drama or constant dialogue was in the last 40 pages, and seemed to be thrown together because the publisher said, "hey you need something more than writing about painted mammoths in 20 different caves for 600 pages". It feels like J. Auel, put all her research together, and publisher said I need the book in a week, and therefore no story was told. I can not believe editors read this and thought this book was anything to compare with her previous books. I feel cheated and wish I had not thrown away my receipt, because I would definitely take this book back. The plot lines they did start never even finished. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!! If you stop at Book 5, you will have ended the series better than wasting time with Book 6. If I were the author I would re-write a second version that actually was interesting and inline with the others. And yes this has been done before in books and movies.(2 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)