Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Excellent reading

After much prodding by my friends, I finally read this, and I'm very glad I did. While there are very brief moments of "soap opera" plot turns, on the whole, the story is engaging. The characters are built beautifully, layer upon layer. I found the pagan descriptions to be lovely, while not denigrating the christian viewpoint at all. One small caveat - if you have any problems with strength, don't get the hard-cover. This is a large book, and the new hardcover is heavy.