Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Wanted to Like It

I love francophile literature written by anglophones. It often makes me chuckle and shake my head in agreement. I wanted to like this book but the writing is incredibly weak. She manages to backtrack and repeat herself, rewording the same sentiment, yet saying nothing at all insightful or giving any vivid stories to illustrate her point. I would expect this kind of writing from a student in a creative writing class, not in a professionally published book. I much prefer the skillful writings of Peter Mayle and the like.