The Plains of Passage

by Jane M Auel | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0553289411 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Oldbroad of Grapeview, Washington USA on 5/22/2004
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Oldbroad from Grapeview, Washington USA on Saturday, May 22, 2004
Fourth novel in the "Earth's Children" series. This copy purchased for another Bookcrossing member.

Journal Entry 2 by Oldbroad from Grapeview, Washington USA on Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Postal release to PinkElf in Romania.

Journal Entry 3 by Jennee on Thursday, March 24, 2005
Ayla's saga continues... Like the previous books, this one has a flaw (or a strong side, depends on how you look at it): a lot of details. About plants, about animals, about healing, everything. I found the first part particularly interesting because Ayla and Jondalar followed the Danube through Romania and I could relate :) I still think the book would've been better if it was half the length..

Journal Entry 4 by silmarillion on Tuesday, March 7, 2006
waiting to see the inter-ice age through the eyes of a romance writer.

Journal Entry 5 by silmarillion on Sunday, April 2, 2006
finally ayla grew out of the habit of adopting stray predators and managed just fine with keeping only the wolf and the horses. she and jondalar head back to his home, encountering not a few inhabited places, proving over and over again the wolf is tame and flintstone makes sparks when striked, etc. they make sex like hares in spring and she's still using contraceptives. they talk endlessly about the racial hate between the clan (neanderthals) and the real people (the cro-magnons), and ayla turns into a walking talking breathing samaritan every time there's a bit of a problem (and they appear pretty often). there's a lot of talk about herbs - i, for one, am not going to use all the info i really didn't need - and a lot of hunting - followed by sex. and that's repetitive as in all the previous novels in this serries.
sometime in the end part, jondalar gets kidnapped by some prehistoric amazons - only without horses - who decided that men are pretty unnecessary and expendable. ayla puts things right though. it would've been a change seeing her fail at least once.
then they arrive at the end of their journey - after rescuing yet another clan pair in distress - and are greeted by jondalar's tribe.
so where's the catch? after almost a thousand small written pages, all i'm left with is a growing headache when trying to remember names and herbs and whatnot that are, in the end, all gone now anyway and pretty certain not really as presented i this book. not even the human relationships are good enough to save this book.
the book is heading back to www.ivyco.com/opendb.

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