Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not worth the investment ...

This book is not worth the investment of time or money, unless you have a wealth of both.The author was apparently hoping for success through the strength of her character studies; that is the only logic that can explain the thin plot. The problem is, she doesn't really know these characters. By the end of the book, you've spent so little time with any of them that you don't feel like you know them, nothing of note has happened, and the characters' stories that you have heard have been moderately interesting but not particularly revealing or moving.It's like a garden party where the food was fair but there wasn't much of it and as you're driving home you realize how glad you are to be out of there.