Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: My Book Group Recently Read This

I'm fascinated reading the other reviews printed here, for people seem to either really enjoy or really dislike this book. My Book Group of 7 women did not care for this book - the general consensus being, among other things, the lack of character development among key, critical characters, the heavy-handed foreshadowing, the excruciatingly slow pace, and the unconvincing female voice delivered through Roxanna's character. We did wonder if the group did not appreciate the story because none of us were raised in the South... I've noticed that many of the favourable reviews are from people who can recall their own experiences in a Southern town. Nonetheless, we felt the book was flawed in numerous ways and would have had difficulty finishing it had we not felt compelled to for book discussion purposes.