Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Maddening, Dysfunctional Characters

I yelled, "No!" at this book as I read it. There's not one decent character in it. David never overcomes his deception that sets the whole thing going. At any point he could confess with some honesty. Instead he feels overly guilty and responsible for things he is not responsible for. Norah has affairs and extreme escapist behavior. Paul steals. None of the relationships are healthy. They all become cold, distant and anger filled and have unhealthy hidden feelings. These things creep into Caroline and Al and others, too. All the characters and their love relationships blur into one another. All the characters are escapist in one way or another. The problems in one appear in others for no good reason. Even strange little quirks like concern with smelling the scent of the person a character is kissing jumps from character to character to character for no reason.In short, this book frustrated and irritated me. Somehow I finished it.