Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Disappointed is this author/story

In the hands of a more competent writer, I think this story would have been better. I finally had to skip some pages regarding George's musical abilities. I don't like to do that, but it became very annoying after a while. I felt that the endless descriptions of the day of the fire were not necessary. Writers no longer get paid "by the word", so I think we could have done without so much repitition. Their treatment of Ruth Zion was rude and not very convincing. Most people would want to know what she had uncovered through her research. I thought the death scene was lovely, but grandma was rude and annoying and I didn't miss her. I'm starting to repeat myself, too. There are some people who enjoyed this book. I'm just not one of them.