Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not the Novel we expected...

My seventh grade English class found this Novel to be difficult to understand and enjoy. Not only did they find this Novel dry and rather boring, but also confusing. Although we discussed the details surrounding Muna, his father--a samurai warrior with a chrysanthemum tattoo on his arm, and the wars between the Genki and Heike clans, is was difficult for my students to really plunged themselves into this book. All in all, they couldn't wait to finish.Each year I assign this Novel I notice the same results: students seem to lack interest in the characters and adventure. Unlike Beowulf, by Robert Nye, Sign lacks a really "hero." The amoral and seemingly selfish acts of Muna allow the reader few feelings other then pity. Indeed, an excellent alternative to this Novel would be The Giver.