Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: One of the Best

One of the best sci-fi novels that I have read this year. I stumbled across it in my local bookstore and gave it a try in spite of the comic book cover. I discovered much to my surprise that it was an amazingly well developed character study of a man who had seen too much of the dark side of life but continued on nevertheless. I very much enjoyed reading the musings of the of a philosopher in action. The ideas are well developed and the future is entirely too realistic. Good plot. Intricate requires some intelligence to follow. Great first novel. Pleasant change from all the sword and sorcery repeats.