Love it

Loved and enjoyed every min of listening
At the end really enjoyed the extra music and can't wait for the next book

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Great series, one to read over again.

Loved the series from start to finish, a great escape from the world we inhabit today.

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The Land of Painted Caves

I have loved this series & I'm sorry it's over, but it has filled many hours for me & for that I'm grateful. Thank you.

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It took a second or third listen

The first time I listened to this I hated the ‘drama’ of this book. The process of being inducted into the priesthood and function of the ‘religion’ of earth’s children was interesting and even the speculations on what drove the cave paintings and use of psychedelic concoctions was worth reading. However the whole drama between j and a was both tiresome and repellent - quite a lot of it was a repeat of the whole plot of ‘mammoth hunters’ which was also annoying especially after the triumph of the first and second books. What saved this book was the contemplation of the way in which understanding the function of a man in starting life fundamentally changed society. Zelendoni number 1 also grew on me (mind the pun) as a character of interest as she manipulated, bullies and cajoles her society to stay together. So I give this book more stars than I would have if I had just listened to the book once. I admit to skipping several chapters around the time of the mother festival as being just too horrible to listen to again.

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Good but repetitive

If it didn't repeat the same stories over and over and over throughout the book, it would have been a 5 star, 10 hour listen.

Having read all previous, I expected the repetition and put up with it to see where the story ended.

The audio is excellent. Very easy to listen to and her voice suits the story.

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I could do without the constant sex in this story

I have enjoyed the entire series except the last. I had to read the whole lot and enjoyed the pre history, I personally could leave the sexual current out, but that is just me. I loved the interesting look into the past, prehistory but that is also one of my interests. I can say that if I heard the mothers song one more time I would scream, it came out in every chapter and as there are many chapters (over 50) so I feel it was there to fill the book. Maybe miss Auel ran out of things to say! perhaps she should have stopped one book earlier, it would have saved me a credit I guess.

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This book rounded out the Earth's Children series

Well written, as all the others in the series have been but there is very little action or storyline in this one. It seems to mostly have been intended as a tour of actual caves and cave paintings known to us today... except, without illustrations or photos, it felt pointless. It's very hard to visualise these amazing places via written word alone.

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mixed feelings

though the book had its fair share of reminders/ memories, flash backs one to many times here and there i understood the need for it. the hidden hints and messages lay in them. yes there was so much on caves and far less on aylas storyline it took a bit away from the main plot but also left one questioning one's own interpretation of the cave paintings. personally I believe or thought the ancients must been actually clan or more specific mogurs as they were even more powerful in the spirit world which we see with aylas inabilities to control any of it.

the ending hmm as was written left story unfinished ayla is only 26 what about her 2 sons nothing is revealed there except mamut saying it isn't what it seems. the story has always been about ayla so why was jondolars point of view the ending, that would of been fitting if she had died which as sad as it sounds would of been a better closure and with wolf's howl more fitting. we could of then seen a proper zealandoni burial but how it ends makes the story scream for more for closure for more of her life.

Maybe jean wanted to leave that a mystery as we already know what the first is thinking how will it change life with the gift of knowledge. I feel the best part of the book really was the second half of the book.
yet will say the music slowly coming in at the end sent chills throughout my body and left me entranced and basically felt like I was also in the firsts tent thinking aswell.

Definitely worth listening to but a very patient and dedicated understanding and listening is required to enjoy it which I did

But so much story still to tell a wonderful beautiful mysterious captivating story left unfinished which i will always be left wondering how her life ends.

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great finish to the earth children's series.

it feels so good to finish this series. this is well written and very enjoyable

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slow until the last 10 hours

This booked dragged a little while they were exploring caves, but in the last 10 hours the focus shifted and was really good.

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