Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): "Some  people  are  still  water" . . .  being a survivor can be Agony . . . . Alison McGhee's story is about 17 year-old Rose surviving a collision in which she and her older sister, Ivy, were innocent  victims. Rose agonizes throughout Ivy's lengthy hospitalization, and the accident is replayed over & over; also the mother's 'coping mechanisms' - keeping her hands busy while her mind and heart cannot allow the release of Ivy from the hospital's life lines.    This is a  heart-wrenching story, like a movie that must be seen again and again  -  my reading became skimming at times: I identified Rose as a middle-schooler & didn't want her story to tell young girls that sex is a good release from the agony of being alive; nor is it safe, or without other consequences. (I was never comfortable about the time our daughters spent on the school bus!) McGhee's characters became a part of my life, not to  be sloughed off easily.  (Don't miss her other teen novel, "SNAP" - - also excellent reading for adults.)    Reviewer mcHAIKU agrees with the judges for Minnesota's 2006 Book Awards that the author's "poetic text authentically and movingly reflects the thoughts and actions of a teen who is desperately trying to salvage her life." Alison McGhee's writing, and the characters that developed strengths, the quotes which melded to become prime movers for the telling , and the friends who cultivated the writer's talents - - all are to be admired.     (p.s.: I do wonder why Alison McGhee left the Adirondacks for Minnesota?!)
Output (English): POS