Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Very disappointing (though not a complete waste of time)

This is a story book about a series of road trips one man made in order to chronicle a set of interesting characters who live in New Orleans, but it is hardly a book that introduces you to "Voudou in America." The journalist got so caught up in the personality of one of the women he followed around that he began to absorb her likes and dislikes. The worst part of the book is the writer's insistence on pitting Black American Voudou practitioners against Cuban/Caribbean Santeria practitioners. I think he just got too caught up in the personality politics of his subjects to be objective in the end.Basically, good for stories and to get some general insight from someone who is, to say the very least, not prejudiced against the religion -- BUT just take a few notes, jot down a few names (like "Luisah Teish" and "Ava Kay Jones") and move on...