Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: The body has a life of its own.

This small novel has too many characters and too many themes (intelligence work, coupon smuggling, the 'literature' business, religion, sex and love -'Love and money were vital themes in all bedrooms.')Also, the allegories are a little overstretched, e.g. a bomb for a war that didn't end with the armistice, or the fate of the girl who believes that 'once you admit that you can change the object of a strongly-felt affection, you undermine the whole structure of love and marriage.'The action of the latter part of the novel is caused by a deus ex machina.On the other hand, it gives a lively portrait of poverty-stricken London after World War II with food-rationing. Also, the elliptic writing and the use of poem excerpts were captivating.But all in all, not a convincing work.