This book has all the stuff we saw in Valley of the Horses. Now that I've done my duty and said all the good things about this book, I can focus on the 75% of the crap that bugged the hell out of me and nearly broke me. And many of the other clan were pretty well done. I liked Deejee Ayla hasn't had a chance to interact with many females, so it was great that she had a strong female friend. It would have been interesting to see *tries to breath slowly* what would have happened if he had ended up with Ayla. My favorite was Ranec he was such a jolly guy, so friendly, outgoing, clever, witty, and smart. And finally, there are a lot more developed characters this time around-and characters that I actually liked (I don't think I cared for ANY of the characters in The Valley of Horses). It gave Ayla a way to see what her child might have been like, to explore the motherliness of her character. The plotline with Rydag was actually not that bad. At points, I was almost transported back to The Clan of the Cave Bear: learning how the Mamutoi hunt, make clothes, and go about their day-to-day lives getting a peak into their religion learning their social structure. Firstly, Auel opens up her world and introduces us to the Mamutoi and their ways describing different cultures, digging into the past and revealing it to the audience is Auel's strong suit, and it's nice to have her back in her element. Jondalar, being the perfect perfectness of perfect maleness (You do know, after all that Jondalar is "The Mother's Gift to Women"), assures her that the Mamutoi are good people, and the two hang out with the Mamutoi.īefore I start my ranting, I need to say the good things about this book or I will completely forget them and start censoring profanities. Now, Ayla is quivering in fear, afraid that this Other is going to see her and immediately know, somehow, that she lived with the Clan and hate her (this is only 1 of the many continuity conflicts in this story). When we last left Ayla and Jondalar, they were returning to Jondalar's family, standing smiling as they met one of the Mamutoi. WARNING: This book has caused me a lot of heartache, and as I review it, I may end up in a ball of mush, blathering unintelligibly. Ze leerde er een ijsgrot maken en ging daar zelfs een tijdje in wonen om uit eigen ervaring te vertellen. Ze volgde een overlevingscursus waar ze veel opstak over jagen op groot en klein wild met primitieve middelen en over eetbare en genezende flora. Ze bracht vele uren door in bibliotheken en bestudeerde daar de boeken over de Ijstijd. Auel begon in 1977 met de voorbereidingen voor de romanserie De Aardkinderen. haar liefde voor de zorgzame maar jaloerse Jondalar of haar steeds sterker wordende gevoelens voor Ranec? Het conflict is geboren wanneer zij in tweestrijd komt te staan. Maar zij heeft er ook de fascinerende meesterbeeldhouwer Ranec ontmoet, tot wie zij zich - tegen haar wil - als door een magneet voelt aangetrokken. Wanneer Ayla is geadopteerd door Mamut, de oude sjamaan van de Grote Aardmoeder, kan zij haar talenkennis en haar kundigheid op het gebied van medicijnen en heelkunde gaan gebruiken om de Mamutiërs te helpen. Hun leider is Talut, een roodharige boom van een man, met een bulderende lach en een zacht karakter. Hun reis brengt hen bij de stam van de Mamutiërs, de Mammoetjagers. Met hem trekt zij verder vanuit de vallei waar zij bescherming vonden. De mooie en intelligente Ayla is inmiddels volwassen en in de ban van haar liefde voor Jondalar.
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