Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: So bad I kept reading to see how bad it could get

How did this book get published? Was there no editor? First, the point of view is all over the place. One minute it's the author speaking, then it's one character thinking first person, then third person, then another character thinking or speaking, then a totally ambiguous voice. Bizarre. And it was never clear to me what era it was. They had cell phones, but it seemed as if it were maybe the 60s. Amanda's family in Mississippi were sterotypical, so backward they were unreal. Most of the dialogue throughout was corny and boring and unnatural. There wasn't a character in the book that I really liked. I grew bored with the references to Norma's legs. Sheesh. What a weak device that was.