Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Vague and lacking action...

Like a lot of other people, I had read Beauty and loved it, and so looked forward to Robin McKinley's retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story. I found the first 1/3 of the book fascinating, but as I got farther into the story, I found myself getting frustrated at the lengthy, yet vague, descriptions of things. It was strange how she could go on in great detail about how various roses or rooms looked, yet at other times I found myself re-reading a passage several times trying to figure out what was going on. I really disliked the ending, too--after several re-readings I finally figured out what had happened. The author's imagery was certainly very beautiful, but sometimes it was so out there that it was difficult to catch her meaning. I prefer Beauty much, much more.