Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A haunting & lyrical journey into Nature & the human spirit

I was alternately enthralled and appalled by Opal Whiteley's life story. Her "explores" into the beauty and hardships of nature, as she so intelligently and sensitively recorded them at age 6, helped reconnect me to the magic of childhood. But nearly every diary entry also revealed the cruelty and coarseness forced upon this gifted child by her immediate family. My heart broke, time and again, over the complete lack of understanding she received--throughout the years. Hers was a life of promise laid waste by the dull and perhaps malicious minds that surrounded her at nearly every stage.I hope that Hoff's second-hand information was accurate, and that before she died, Opal indeed knew about his book and was pleased