Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Outstanding novel

One of the most provocative and insightful books I've ever read. Perhaps you have to be an independent woman to appreciate the introspective nature of this book but I found it gripping, compelling and even profound. Shriver really captures the nature of the ambivalence of family vs. career, life in suffocating suburbia vs. free-spirited city, the cloying nature of people who believe that spouse + children = pure joy. The style was jarring at first (a series of letters written but no response received) but it worked well and let me live in Eva's head. I did not find her "whiny" or otherwise repulsive; rather, I thought the character was incredibly realistic and compelling. Highly recommended to anyone who is interested in exploring human nature.