Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Entwines fictional characters with info on the laws ofnature

This book, like others by Barbara Kingsolver, started a bit slow for me, but by the end I was devouring it. It is actually 3 stories in one: the independent naturalist who finds romance where she doesn't want it, the suddenly widowed Lusa who finds strength in herself, and the cantankerous old man who finds friendship where he least expects it. I was at first disappointed when I realized that the characters were not actually going to interact with each other, but through various circumstances it all comes together at the end.I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A MUST-READ FOR ALL STUDENTS OF BIOLOGY. Each of the 3 parts of this book has more information about the laws of nature than I learned in college, yet it is woven so intricately into the story that you are left wanting to get outside into the hills without knowing why.