Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Emotional Blackmail

This was my first introduction into the mind of Pat Conroy. I was well into the book before I realized/found out that this was fiction. I was really mad at the author for making me such intense emotions for someone that wasn't real. Now of course I realize that the fact that someone can write this well is because the characters aren't really just fiction, they are part real, part fiction, part day dream. The Prince of Tides should be read by anyone with a tragic suffering childhood, it really helps to see that someone understands. I'd imagine that someone that had a wonderful upbringing and was bestowed with love and affection just might not "get it" but even such a person couldn't help but be touched by this story unless they owned a dead heart. And remember, even though it is fiction, it is real too...