A classic must read. This book "got me reading" when I was in college. Until then reading was always an assignment of a book that someone was making me read.

Want to read it

Didn't like, and didn't finish. Didn't have a story line, just narrated about the culture.

I listened to this on audio while painting the inside of my new pantry addition. Obviously it made an impression since I even remember what I was doing at the time. I really enjoyed the book. I think I read the second in the series but perhaps not, so I'm not putting it in here. The book was well thought out and well written. I know lots of people who are great fans of the author. (Although this shows 1 of 2, I did listen to both part of the book which was broken down into 2 packages for the sake of the cassette box at the library)

LOVED this book. I have read it about 4 times. It is my fav of the series. LOVE IT!

I don't much care for the audio version of this book. In fact I DNF but did re-read the book.

I've heard about this book for a looong time, and my daughter's read the whole series repeatedly. I didn't expect it to be very good, but it's very well written, a really good story, and the ending leaves you screaming, "NOOOOOOO!" Now I'll have to read The Valley of the Horses--but when?

Great series

I read about this book in an online FB group, historic fiction readers. This was a page turner for me. I read it non-stop. Bogged down a bit for the last 100 pages. I read the synopsis of the sequel The Valley of Horses, won't read it because Wikipedia synopsis was a spoiler, it told the entire story. Darn! But I understand from friends who read it long ago, this is the best written of the series, so on to other books in my stack. There are actually five or six books i the series "Earth's Children". The time period fascinates me.

I really enjoyed this! Very interesting and it read well. I would recommend it

I first read this as a teenager and loved it. A second reading almost 20 years later did not produce the same feelings, though the story is okay. I didn't really care for all the detail about plants and such: parts seemed too encyclopedic. I also thought there was too much repetition.

Totally engrossing. I know many liberties were taken by supposition- how could it not being our incomplete knowledge of this period of prehistoric social and interaction norms. That said best book I have read in many years. Highly recommended!