Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: I read it until it was finished

This is the first book I have read by Ms. Bittner and I shall get others. It was well written with a storyline that held me captive from the time I was on the ship during the violent storm until the mill was built and the relationships were finalized.It incorporates some interesting history about the early California days as well as the Civil War.I really enjoyed this book.