Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: First and last Irving I'll read

It's pretty obvious from reading the other reviews listed here that people either liked this one or hated it. I'm with the latter group. The book starts off with what seems to be a lot of potential (I don't have a problem with reading sex scenes or with improbable coincidences if they're used cleverly). But the book goes downhill fast. First, the characters quickly get vague and boring. I wound up not liking any of them, except, oddly enough, for Ted, the drunk womanizer, and Harry the cop. Irving apparently has a really superficial understanding of women, how we talk, how we think. And I got really tired of the constant references to Ruth's breasts; not only was it excessive and superficial, it was also boring reading the same word over and over again (there are some other terms, albeit vulgar ones, that would have worked much better within the context of the story, would have been much more realistic, and would have added some variety and texture).