Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Leaving the Beaten Path

Growing up, I've often felt that my life is channeled along a set direction: I had to get through each grade to get to the next, after high school, I would go to college, after college I'd settle down with a job and a family. I don't think that the majority of people see very many alternatives to this track through life. One thing that I really appreciated about "Child of Wild Wind" was that this book explored a different way of life in a personal way. It went beyond the stereotypes to see why people make choices to live a radically different lifestyle. I enjoyed the characters and as they carried me through the story, I began to see that I could leave the beaten path, that I have more choices for my life that I had been aware of.