we follow the life of Ayla who lives far longer than the reader thinks possible
Review:
I read the first book in this series as a teenager and I loved it. There is no way for Auel to know what life was like for the people in the era she is writing about, even fossil records only give us theories and guesses, but despite this she creates a believable world with fascinating characters and culture. I read the second book when I was an adult and it didn't have the charm I recalled from the first but was still a worth while read, the main character in the second book is the same as in the first and this time she is alone in the world. This, I think, is what bugged me about it because there is very little chance she would have survived to be in the second book , alone during the ice age. But it was still a well written story, if not believable. The sixth book I read when there was all the hype about it's release in 2011 I was surprised (again) to find that we were still talking about the same protagonist. In this (hopefully) final installment the writing was repetitive and almost as though the reader was being talked fown too. It was as though Auel was not thrilled to be writing the book and was just doing it for the money. So, sadly this is not a series that gets better over time. I recommend it only if you really really think you want to read it for some reason.
Disclaimer; I have read books 1,2 and 6 - for some reason I skipped 3,4 and 5 I will eventually read them and add a bit about them.
5/10
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