Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Excellent reading!

Following the lives of a close-knit group of friends as they move from middle to old age is highly appealing, and makes me wish I had a wonderfully supportive clique like this to grow old together with. Although full of death and loss, the story was beautfully tragic and quite life-affirming, however it was more sad than uplifting. Anne Rivers Siddons has a unique style of writing that is very enjoyable to read, no matter what story she is telling, and I have a special fondness for books set in the scenic Carolina low country!