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Jan 09, 2017SaraLovesBooks rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I was so excited when this book came out. I had been waiting for it ever since high school. I was incredibly disappointed. The book had a serious repetition problem, with repeating all of the events of the previous books. I understand that Ayla and Jondalar were telling their adventures, but we didn't need to read through it again...and again...and again. The reader did enjoy the telling when it was in the previous books, thank you. Don't need to re-hash it multiple times. The most interesting part of the book were the struggles Ayla faced in having to adjust to a culture that had an unreasonable prejudice against her and the people that raised her. It made for tough reading (since I hate bullying), but in a good, well-written kind of way. Unfortunately, the plot only really gets intriguing in that last few chapters or so, when the book abruptly ends. All in all, I much prefer "Plains of Passage" as an end to this series. The last two books were not as well-written, though "Shelters of Stone" was better than "Land of Painted Caves." If you have to finish the series, do so, but know that "Plains of Passage" is a much more entertaining ending to the story.