Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Too Much Academic Blather

As a history lover for decades, I gave this book a try, and two other reading friends did too. We love great writing, but only 1 of 3 could complete even half this book. Similar to Listening to Prozac, this book is written by an academic to impress other academics, but it has no heart. Yes, many of his points are no doubt true (you can say that about almost all history books) but the author's cleverly contrived way of organizing the material seems agonizingly pedantic, and this is clearly not inspired writing. Too much intellectual blather here & no heart.