Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An empathetic, frustrating heroine

This is the story of Layla: a chain-smoking, lazy, self-educated, loyal, very real character. The story has been outlined in the other reviews, so I'll skip that.I found the character of Layla to be oft-times annoying. I wanted to yell at her - just DO something. Yet, as I got to know the character, the position she was in was more and more understandable. She's a pretty strong chick.There are great gothic qualities to this story, but the only romance, really, is between other characters in the book. The story is so rich, and the characters are fantastic.One thing that let me down was the ending. I really didn't understand it at all. But it didn't really matter. It was such a fun ride.(*)>