Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Very irritating and upsetting book

It's not very often that I hate a book, but I hated this one. At the beginning of the novel, I thought it seemed promising, however by a quarter of the way through, I grew increasingly irritated with the main character. At first she evoked sympathy, but she become a maddening idiot as the store unfolded.The main character is unable to use a cell phone or figure out how to repair her land line, or even open the front door to her apartment.She also displays unspeakable cruelty to a poor dog. If you are an animal lover, avoid this book. I wish someone had warned me.