Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, I have never written a review before. Just felt so strongly about this book I HAD to write this, if only to clear my mind and move on. I don't really need to go over the flaws - everyone else has done that perfectly. What I want to say is how utterly bewildered I am at the complete lack of plot, the freakishly one-dimentional characters, the abrupt time changes and the story arcs that simply evaporated. Why was this book even written? I actually hated Ayla, Jondalar, The One Who Serves The Mother, Marthona, all the Zelandonii, Jonayla, Wolf, Whinney, mammoths, caves, hunting, herb lore, chanting, furs, Mother Festivals and even barma when I "finished" this book. I write "finished" because, after eagerly reading the first chapter (pre-ordered this book - I was greatly looking forward to it) and skimming the second chapter I found myself listlessly thumbing through the rest of the book in disbelief. When I reached the part about Jondalar and Marona, it was the last straw. This ridiculous and nonsensical development literally made me sick to my stomach, and I stopped reading. As I read through the previous reviews I noticed others, like myself, that believed there would be much more of the Clan in this book, so let us be thankful that at least they were left out of this fiasco. After "reading" this book I feel as if I've lost a good friend - or as if a good friend had moved in with her drug dealer fiance, become addicted to crack, and announced she was now a vampire - shocked, bewildered, and very disappointed