Anyone still reading the Clan of the Cave Bear series? The final (6th) book is out.
I hated the fifth book so much that I'll skip this, at least until the paperback comes out, and I probably won't even read that.
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Kathy A - Mar 29, 2011 6:26:39 am PDT #14190 of 28289
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Barb - Mar 29, 2011 6:28:05 am PDT #14191 of 28289
“Not dead yet!”
It got a rather lukewarm review at USA Today. Of the "Gorgeous writing and descriptions, hope you don't care about the actual story," variety.
Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2011 6:28:24 am PDT #14192 of 28289
brillig
I had no idea they were still being written. After the second book, when What's-Er-Face was responsible for 90% of human development, and then Mr. Woman Maker showed up to introduce her to sexual fulfillment, I figured the whole point had been made.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2011 6:30:44 am PDT #14193 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anyone still reading the Clan of the Cave Bear series?
Seriously? Is Jondalar still deep dicking Ayla with his majestic schlong? Or have we moved on to new characters?
I need to cut out more time in my day for reading. I have so many started and unstarted books on my Nook, it's kind of shameful. A different kind of shameful from a stack of TBR. It feels even more wasteful, somehow.
Kathy A - Mar 29, 2011 6:34:05 am PDT #14194 of 28289
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
They got back to Jondalar's tribe at the very end of the fourth book, and then went through more relationship crap in the fifth. It was just a retread of the third book, IMO, and I really really hated it. So much so that, after buying the hardcover the day it came out while I was working at Waldenbooks and reading it while I was waiting for my mom to finish an outpatient surgery procedure, I returned it the next day. I never return books, ever. And then, when I was working at the bookstore, if a customer asked for my opinion of the book, I'd give it honestly, but only if they asked me first. I usually recommended that they wait until it came out in paperback if they had to buy it at all.
Amy - Mar 29, 2011 6:35:23 am PDT #14195 of 28289
Because books.
Is Jondalar still deep dicking Ayla with his majestic schlong?
Oh god, I just choked on my tea.
I never read those books. Even for the sex.
Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2011 6:58:07 am PDT #14196 of 28289
brillig
Even for the sex.
That's the only reason to read them. My mother didn't realize I was reading porn in plain sight.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2011 7:03:06 am PDT #14197 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My go to "You don't know I'm reading porn right now" as a kid was a sci fi series with a lizard race with bifurcated peen. It was raunchy, but I have no idea how to google it again. Though Cave Bear was a very close second.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2011 7:05:24 am PDT #14198 of 28289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I heard in middle school that Clan of the Cave Bear was porny, so I read it and felt VERY VERY CHEATED because 90% of the first book is exposition. All the porn is in book 2.
EpicTangent - Mar 29, 2011 7:25:55 am PDT #14199 of 28289
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I heard in middle school that Clan of the Cave Bear was porny, so I read it and felt VERY VERY CHEATED because 90% of the first book is exposition.
Jessica is me.