Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Way below par

I stepped into this book knowing VERY little about 3dsmax and 3D modelling in general. The book is very unfocused. It starts to explain something like modifying a spline, but doesn't go into detail when they tell you to lock the vertices to modify them all at once. It's like the author has a severe case of ADD. Then again, it was written by--how many?--eight authors? And at around 1300 pages, it's just TOO big. This book is the perfect example of "too many cooks in the kitchen."This may serve as a somewhat decent reference, but beginners stay away. I'm going to try something else instead..