Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Pointless

This book has so many decriptive details but they are not part of the build of a bigger story. The premise is so promising, an old photograph revealing the potential of intrigue and betrayal. However, we are completely let down as the story goes absolutely no where. If the journey is the point, it is populated by characters that are bland and uninteresting. The reader could hardly care about any of them. This is very much a completely pointless and plodding book. Any one aspect of the following, if well done could have saved the book, a good plot, interesting characters or descriptive details that point to some coherency. Unfortunately, we are not so lucky. The writer is well equiped as her writing is good and her descriptive style is compelling. Too bad that there is simply not enough of a framework to build on. When the core is so lacking, not much can be done.