Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: What a waste-it was almost insulting!

What a disappointment. This book was ridiculous, but unfortunately not to the point of making me laugh. The "voice" of the character Carrie was such a caricature of what someone with little imagination and maybe no experience down South might use-lots of "ain'ts, cain'ts, reckons." The plot was what made me pick it up; abused child trying to cope; however, I would characterize the book as like a "paint by numbers"-so obvious. The minute the author threw in eccentric neighbor Mr. Wilson, who gave the little girl target practice, I knew what was coming and checked the end to be sure. As far as the plot "twist," which was especially ridiculous since I don't think mama would have given much weight to the recommendations of a therapist, it has been done before, and so much better in "Prince of Lost Places" and others. This book was so awful that I wish I did not have to give it a full star.