Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: The Witch of Boringville...

This is my first Paulo Coelho novel, although I always see The Alchemist and read about it on recommended reading lists. I have to admit I have found this one to be rather a snooze. I was certainly less than intrigued by the main character (The Witch, Athena, Hagia Sofia,etc ad nauseum). I understodd the author is trying to be esoteric here, and he seems very "deep" but I was bored! There was no real story, and I found his leaps and bounds from on setting to another confusing and unnecessary. I just didn't like this one, and I will often try to pick something up again later if I don't think I understood it the first time--but I just didn't like this one, at all. I'd say skip it. He seems to be trying very hard to be esoteric and spiritual, but he never really manages to make me believe one word...