Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: cardboard characters

I was very disappointed in this story. The characters didn't seem real. Richard was not hero material and I skipped a lot of the story. Ann seemed too grown up at times to be a fourteen year old pregnant or not. I couldn't understand why Richard had a hard time dealing with Ann. The two seemed more like a husband and wife ready for a divorce at times instead of father and daughter. Monica wasn't a very interesting character either. None of the characters were the kind you could get close to and feel as if they were real people. I look for a story that I can step into and forget about the world around me. Sorry, but this just didn't do it for me.