Read: Jean M. Auel - The Land of Painted Caves

Abysmal. I knew 10% of the way in that it was awful, but I just kept hoping it would turn around somehow. This series always had rather leaden characterization and writing, but by now the author seems to have completely lost interest in anything resembling plot - the author just has the characters re-tell stories from past books, and encounter situations exactly like those already experienced - it could be a straight copy and paste job for all I can tell. This book seems to exist only as an excuse to visit all the caves in Europe with ancient paintings, and then describe them in painfully boring detail. Good thing it's the last book in the series - I really shouldn't put myself through an ordeal like this again.