Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Depressing, negative, and gross

I had to write because I am amazed that no one yet has commented on how graphic and gruesome this book is! Four women in my book club couldn't finish this book because they were so grossed out by the gratuitous scenes in it. Yes, you will learn a bit about the loss of Hawaiian culture and what the Hawaiians have suffered at the hand of foreigners, but every minute detail of this book is negative and depressing. There is definitely a lot of doom and gloom in this book. Horrible, graphic things continue to happen to all of the characters throughout the story. Yet, the characters do not seem to overcome their shortcomings and misfortunes; instead, they succumb to them. I thought this was going to be a book about strong triumphant women, but instead felt it was a depressing lesson in Hawaiian history that missed an opportunity to garner the respect it should have.