Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Wonderful characterizations; sad and hopeless story

I have very mixed feelings about this book. On the positive side, Jodi Picoult writes with such brilliant imagery. Her descriptions of the scenery and towns Jane and Rebecca drove through on there cross-country journey were so vivid and enthralling, especially the Grand Canyon scenes. On the other hand, while presenting the story in five voices is unique and gives an interesting prospective, I found this particular presentating confusing to follow. Many of Rebecca's chapters were written in reverse, so she was a few days ahead of everyone else. As well, there was a lot of repetition as each character told the same story from their viewpoint. My main issue with this story is that the issues weren't resolved in the end, and all the characters seemed to be worse off than when the story began. So the journey was pointless, and it left a trail of destruction, including a senseless tragedy, behind.