The general feeling was that much of that trip (maybe half the book) could have been cut without having much of an effect on the actually entertaining parts.Ī large part of LoPC features a long journey, though with a small group instead of just Alya and Jondalar. Readers of The Plains of Passage (PoP, book 4) endured page after page of Ayla and her mate, Jondalar, journeying as they trekked toward his home. Long-time readers will find much that is familiar–which is a lot of this novel’s problem. I’m not saying that it’s a bad book, but neither am I saying that it’s a good one. In a nutshell, The Land of Painted Caves (LoPC) follows the trend of the later books in having the elements of a good story but lacking the discipline (either by the author or her editor) to make it a peer of the first three. If you don’t want to experience even mild spoilers, then read the book first. I will also be referencing events from the previous novels. Warning: obviously there are going to be some mentions of events that take place in the novel. Where does the newly released sixth, and presumably final, book rate? The long-delayed fifth book underwhelmed. The fourth book, while having its moments, was plodding. The first three books of the planned six-book series were engrossing reads that transported the audience to neolithic Europe. It’s been thirty-one years since the adventures of Ayla first hit bookshelves.
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