The Clan of the Cave Bear
Ratings107
Average rating3.9
Book was ok. Found myself struggling to get through parts of it. I most likely will not venture on to the rest of the books in this series.
A very interesting book. It was great to imagine how they lived in that period of time. I listened to the audio version, which l'm not a big fan of but it was well done and entertaining. Great story and characters.
I was about 15 when I first read this book, and I remember thinking ‘wow, I want to be as strong and independent as Ayla'. I think she is generally a much better role model for young women then Bella from Twilight. But maybe I am just getting old....
Read it again just to be sure.
Ok so first of all that ending hurt my soul, second of all FUCK Broud I hated him so much throughout the book and the ending just made it Worse
I started out wanting to like this book, but the longer it went on the less I enjoyed it. All Ayla needed was a cape, some tights and a giant yellow A stuck to her chest to complete her superhero status. All of that was over the top. Though not as over the top as her mustache twirling evil nemesis, Broud. His reactions were incredibly predictable and eye roll worthy.
As many other reviews have mentioned, it's obvious that the author did her research (at least the research available when the book was written). And apparently she felt the need to share all of that research with the reader. To the point that it only served to drag out the story more than it needed to be. By the time I got about 1/3 of the way through the book, I was skipping large amounts of prose.
On the plus side I did like Creb (though the whole drug induced telepathy thing was silly)and Iza.
I just re-read this after a couple decades. I am sure I didn't get it quite the way it was intended when I was reading it in middle school, but I am not sure that there was all that much I was missing.
A little slow, but very interesting. Almost lost me towards the end with the invention of rape.
