Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Very disappointing after his other books

I loved Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God, and Apologizing to Dogs, but this book was pathetic. The main character, looses his parents in an auto wreck, and never learns to form attachments. The ending left me without hope for his future. I wish the author had taken the time to write one more page to let us know things would be good in the future for these weak characters, as it is, given their track record I have no hope for them. I struggled through this book, waiting for growth for the characters and I was disappointed.