Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: The Dive From Clausen's Pier

I eagerly bought this book thinking I'd enjoy a good read having read numerous positive reviews. About 175 pages into the book, I cared nothing for the main character, Carrie Bell. In fact, she was a bore and if nothing, undirected and pathetic. Unfortunately, the other characters failed to come to life and just sat on the page. There was so much potential! I have yet to finish the book because reading it became a chore--and that's not why I read novels. The story line is flat yet when given the description of the book I thought it would be moving and interesting. The writing lumbers along and it was easy to leave this book again and again to the point finally, I didn't want to return. A big disappointment.