Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Weak attempt

This novel started out well, but halfway through degenerated into cheap romance, cliched writing, and a plotline straight out of a soap opera. I found myself unable to care about any of the characters or what happened to them. Hoffman insisted on telling us, rather than showing, the important details, a device which greatly weakens any writing. Oprah struck out on this one.