Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: un-involving story

I read this based on so many glowing reviews. Although I liked some of Wintons wording, the story as a whole falls rather short. I never really fell in love with any of the characters. The plot takes turns that arent that interesting, and the extensive metaphors seemed either obvious or so far removed that one would never tie them all together. Slow read, so so character development, jumpy plot, but interesting wording by Winton made this readable but not one I would recommend.