Jean Auel

I see that The Land of Painted Caves will be released tomorrow. I really disliked The Shelters of Stone-- I thought it was absurdly repetitive, and could have been pared down by at least fifty percent. But I'm still going to be buying The Land of Painted Caves, even though I know it won't be fabulous. After all these years of reading and re-reading Auel's first four books, I figure I need to read the series through to the end.