The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, Book Two) by Jean M. Auel
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Book Reviews of The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, Book Two)
Book Review: Excellent Reading
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was fantastic! I bought the whole series after reading the first one. You can just feel yourself in that time period because of the excellent writing. Would recommend highly.Book Review: great gift
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for my dad for his birthday, he loves it to death... and he doesn't read very often.Book Review: the Valley of the Horses
Summary: 5 Stars
An AUEL Classic. You live in the time, experiance the trials and tribulations. EXCELLECT BOOKBook Review: Loved It
Summary: 5 Stars
Just wanted to say that I loved this book and it gave hope to the life Alya cravedBook Review: Leonarda da Stoneage meets He-Man
Summary: 4 Stars
After reading Clan of the Cave Bear, of course I had to read The Valley of Horses to find out what happened to Ayla. Although I felt sometimes reminded of "The Island of The Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell, I found the author's descriptions of Ayla's life in the valley interesting and this is the only reason why I give this book four stars.
The story of Jondalar and his brother was often boring and towards the end of the book, I skip-read most of it. I find Mighty Hung Jon one of the most irritating characters I've ever encountered in a book. It would have done the story a lot of good if he hadn't been created as such a (physically) perfect specimAn.
The book as a whole would have profited from more thorough editing, especially the deletion of unnecessary and boring descriptions (e.g. of boat building). 100 pages less would have made a big difference!
All in all, I found it a nice, easy read for a lazy Saturday. The story is mostly predictable. No challenge whatsoever, except (sometimes) of my patience.