The ending felt less like an ending to a book and more like a 'just stop writing, okay, you've killed it, let the corpse have some dignity'. If you feel you haaaaaave to read it, they divided it into three parts, read the first part. That is all. The second section is 'lets go look at caves', seriously, nearly two hundred pages of it. The third section is almost like a different book, or at least a different authors take on the book.

I sort of know what that's like. I read a series that was pretty neat the first two books, but come the second book, there is an ending and you can totally feel like the author just lost passion for the story and just threw something together just to be done with the thing. It was horrible.

Hummm. I know that some people don't much like Auel's style because she puts so much of her research directly into her work.

I went and wikied the Shelters of Stone so I found out the basic plot.

I actually loooooooove details, and her books got me super interested into studying prehistoric man(I seriously aced all my prehistory classes and had great debates with profs thanks to her stuff). I just had issues with the fact that this book felt so much more rushed/unedited. She was bringing up things every third chapter that wasn't really necessary, it was just rehashing information she'd already given us. A good example was she constantly brought up the definition of a 'fa'lodge'. And we're not talking a one sentence definition, sometimes up to three paragraphs. But she'd already reminded us(it was in the previous book) a couple other times in the same book. I can't help but feel her editor was just not reading by that point.

Well, that book had come out a long time after the one before.

However, yes, sometimes you wonder if the editor of some big authors goes over the manuscripts as tightly as they had before.

Yeah, I expected a certain amount of rehashing past knowledge. I happened to reread the whole series right before this one came out, but most people wouldn't have. Who knows, I may re-read this one in a year or so and not be as upset...but I don' know.

I do like the detail that she puts into the book, especially since it is not set in our everyday world.

I am reading Mistress of the sun b Sandra gulland she is a Canadian auther and their is only a canadian price on the back so I don't know if the book is sold outside of Canada but it's really good if you like historical fiction I am sure you can find it online to buy. I got it for $5 lol so all the better

Madam Kira, wiki'd The Road, and while it sounds intersting I'm terrified it might give me nightmares! I've a particularly vivid imagination, and already have issues with zombies over their love of eating people.... While I know it should be dark(as the information told me) did you find it particularly so while reading? I'd love to give it a go, but again, my sleep cycle cautions me.

feythfull- i just googled that and it sounds really good! I'm not usually a fan of fiction in that time period, but the writing seem quite sold. I'll have to see if my local library carries it :)

Ah, well I"ll keep it in mind if I can ever get friends/people to form a book club with me LOL I usually just do a 'book exchange' with people. I love the lending library of my friends, I get new books that if I hate I give them back quicker! Not to say I don't love my normal library, but my friends tend to read similar stuff to me, and there's no wait list.

Ah, gotcha, good luck on your exams btw! I know when I took mine my teachers actually encouraged me to read a bit more(well, more the general class as they often too my books AWAY) to help with reading comprehension and vocabulary.

I downloaded and started to read Fruits Basket.

xD I like it better the anime

I've been told that the FB manga was better, but I'll admit I've not read it. I probably should poke at people I know own it an borrow it....