Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A work of profound sadness, ordinary people, and extraordinary reflections

What gripped my about this novel was the absolute ordinariness of the characters. Despite the fact the main character, Allison, is a former model, the characters felt very real and familiar. Mary Gaitskill has a way of stating a profound thought that almost causes one to gasp out loud with the painful, yet welcoming realization, that maybe we are all just secondary players....not really standing out, just part of the background. She provokes the reader to see the beauty in ordinary things.The ending is very open to interpretation, it left me feeling neither hopeful, or hopeless...just ordinary.