Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Long, Boring, and Bloated

I would have given this book only one star except I have too much respect for the author. My first problem with the book is that on Kindle I could only purchase the extended version, which is just absurdly long. There is a reason why books are edited!. For a book with such an intense subject ( a man-made plague that descimates 99% of the population)it is surprisingly mundane at times. A good example is how much space is given to forming an ad hoc committee and whether those people should be on the permanant committee. I mean come on! this is what we discuss at my bicycle club meetings!. While they are discussing whether Harold should be on the committee, hundreds of bodies are rotting in the streets. It just seems too unbelievable. Books this long should be sagas that span years if not generation, not a couple of months in the summer. The time you spend reading this book is certainly not worth the payoff in the end. Sorry Stephen :-(