Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Hard to get through

Some reviewers have describe this book as "tedious" and "over descriptive". I must agree with them, it took me over a month to finish this book, not because of lack of time, simply because I just could not get myself motivated enough to finish it. The first 100 pages are rather boring, I don't believe such a "perfect" little family exist anywhere as she describes this family in the first chapters. This book did hit home though, especially towards the end. Mrs. Oates is a brilliant writer and I am not questioning her writing, but this book was rather long and not engaging enough.