Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: beautiful yet bland

being a fan of goodman's first two books, i was eager to read the drowning tree where juno mckay is piecing together the mysterious death of her best friend. however, i had to put it back on the shelf after getting halfway submerged in the story. goodman's descriptions are as immersing and alluring as ever, but the plot moves at a slow motion pace as if goodman is wading against a current, the weight of the water preventing any real progress in her story's development. of course, goodman knows what she is doing: she is slowly enlightening the reader through juno's eyes. unfortunately, it gets to the point where you really don't care what juno is going to find.