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Summary: First Three of Jean Auel's Earth's Children
Review: After noticing that everything earth children related was soaking in a sea of positive feedback, I felt I needed to bring some balance to the force. I can't say I didn't enjoy these books, but I had an excuse. I was 10 years old when I read them (all 4) and my standards weren't so high. The first book, Clan of the Cave Bear, was interesting. Id give it 3 stars-for good back ground research and an interesting story. However, the latter books take away from that rather than adding to it. The rape scenes were rather gratuitous in the first book, but the other 3 quickly degrade into all out porn. All of the rest of the reading I have done in the last 10 years has not had as much sex, or as graphically described, as what was contained in those 3 books. So if you are looking for pulpy romance that happens to take place 4000 years ago, these are the books for you, otherwise I wouldn't bother reading them.
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Summary: THE BEST
Review: I have read all 4 books of " THE EARTH CHILDREN SERIES " am now awaiting the next addition as are many of my family and friends, is the next addition due SOON,I am getting desperate to know if the 5th & 6th edition will ever become available. Have now been waiting since 1990 for the the next book after " PLAINS OF PASSAGE" hope someone can help with this
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Summary: Excellent series with something for everyone
Review: I have read all of the Earth's Children series, and found each of them immensely enjoyable. The author has incorporated elements of many genres, creating books that are part romance, part suspense, part historical and 100% her own style.The only downside is some fairly repetative scenarios to do with the inventing of various things and the sex scenes, although even these, put into historical context can be forgiven. However, the spellbinding story, the richness of the setting and the characterisation more than make up for any repetition in scenes. Thoroughly recommended.
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Summary: plains of passage
Review: I just want to say that I enjoyed Jean M. Auel's alot. And hope that soon I can get the next book that is comeing out. It will be a joy to have it with my four that I have now. Thank You
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Summary: A Beautiful Collector's Edition. Truly Special!!
Review: I must admit, I didn't purchase this set to read. I purchased this set out of my great revernce and awe for the impact that these novels by Jean M. Auel have had on my life, both as a human and a woman. They are a beautiful and worthy tribute to the greatness and impact of these novels on the women of the United States and all over the world. Read the paperback editions. Look at this collector's edition with the eyes of remembrance for the girl Ayla in all of us.
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Summary: Steadily declining literary value
Review: I think this collection of reviews needs another voice of reason to balance out the gushing hyperbole coming from the average reader. Either my standards (and the standards of the few other reasoning online reviewers) are way too high, or the standards of the average online reviewer are way too low. At any rate, I found the first book in this series to be quite good, and would agree with the other reviewers in that it deserves considerable praise for its detailed research and the obvious effort and care that the author invested in its content. The second book was good as well, although it lacked the originality and fresh appeal of the first one. From that point on, however, the series entered a steady and dramatic decline in literary content, finally falling to the point of being nothing more than an exploration into the sexual and emotional neurosis of imaginary primitive peoples. The later books contain more emotional dysfunction than you would see in a textbook on abnormal psychology, and more sexual situations than you'd see in a cheesy porn novel. In fact, I would agree with a previous reviewer in describing the later books as being comparable to thinly veiled pornography. I knew this series was doomed (in terms of redeeming literary value; these are successful books despite their obvious flaws...or perhaps because of them) when I picked up a copy of The Plains of Passage in a bookstore, and found that when I picked a number of random pages throughout the book, there were sex/love scenes in virtually every one. I found it almost embarrassing to read the later books because I felt as though I was intruding into the private sexual fantasies of the author. Aficionados of lurid romance novels will find these books highly gratifying, but people with even a mariginal appreciation for balanced and well-written books will find the psychological and sexual tangents to be quite distracting. The other major flaw in this series is the highly improbable and thoroughly unbelievable premise that one woman was responsible for all those amazing and revolutionary inventions, which in realistic historical terms probably took millenia to be discovered. It is a shame, even tragic, that these books had to take the route of cheap thrills to entertain the masses when the first installment embodied so much promise of a great series of substantial and well-executed historical novels. I gave this series two stars instead of just one because the first book (and the second one to a lesser extent) was good and deserves some praise. But the rest of them....highly disappointing and not worth serious reading.
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Summary: Fantastic viewpoint of a world we can only dream of
Review: I thoroughly have enjoyed all five of the current books and I can not wait for the conclusions in number 6. If you enjoy reading fictionalised history with a romatic flair these books are for you.
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Summary: Collectors
Review: The writer has done an excellent job writing those books, because you can read them as a series but you can also start in the middle, with second, or thirth book of the series. I am fascinating about the writer's knowledge about plants and use of them, but especially in the ability of making you fill like you were part of action.
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Summary: Easily the best book(s) I have ever read!(I'm 14.)
Review: This being my third time reading the series, and seeing to the fact that I am only 14 years old, you could probably guess that I find these books to be excellent reading. I first read the first book(The Clan of the Cave Bear) when I was in fifth grade. I am now going into ninth. I think I agree with everyone when I say that I am eagerly awaiting the fifth book in the Earth's Children series. I wish to know what will become of Ayla and her new, unborn child, Jondalar, Durc, and all the other unsolved mysteries enveloping this not quite completed series. I hope Jean gets with it soon and writes that last book. I know I will probably read it as many times as the others!
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Summary: The series I've been looking for
Review: When I first heard about "The Clan Of The Cave Bear" I didn't know what it was. So, I asked around and found out that it was a novel that took place during the Ice Age. Not very interested, I picked it up and wasn't able to put it down! When I read on the back cover that there were other books in the series, I started a quest to find them! Pretty soon, I had read all of them up to "The Plains Of Passage". I began to realize, from the very first, that I had been searching for just this kind of series. I remember feeling for the lost and orphaned girl, then realizing, later, that I had a lot in common with her! It felt so close to home. I'm hoping, though, that Mrs. Auel will write another book---I can't wait to see what challenges Ayla and Jondalar will have to face next.
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