Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: :::groan:::

It's official, the WOT series ground to a screeching halt in book 8. The characters kept me involved in the first seven despite the pacing, which runs slower than a bottle of Heinz Catsup. But in book 8, Jordan has lost me. The man must get paid by the word, that's the only explanation I can come up with for the level of detail he goes in to. It is completely unnecessary, especially EIGHT books in to an endless series.And I must say, from the beginning all of the comparisons to Tolkien struck me as laughable at best. It's not bad for brain candy (which we all need sometimes, right?) but is nothing particularly intellectual, insightful or meaningful.