Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: started off good...had to force myself to finish it

I found this book really interesting at first because of the historical context and the idea of writing a book from four different perspectives, but rather than adding objectivity, all four characters only serve to reinforce anti-American, anti-Christian sentiments. She creates unlikeable characters that you don't even love to hate. I found myself relating most to Leah, having been to a third world country and having struggled through the culture shock of returning to the U.S., but the more I read her voice, the more self-righteous she sounded. The saddest part was that there was absolutely no sense of cohesian in the family from the very beginning, nothing that bound them together, and no remorse for the father's fate. But reading this book did get me interested in learning more about the historical context and finding out how true the allegations are against the Eisenhower administration.