Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Hideous and awful

How anyone could find this a "touching" or "cute" story is quite frankly beyond my comprehension. The author obviously has very low opinions of dogs, as "lower life forms" and repeatedly says he doesn't value them as highly as humans or nearly so. He abused the dog terribly - if I were a neighbor God knows I'd've called the ASPCA on this person. I was upset at the end when he told his kids Marley went to heaven - but explicitly stated himself that he doesn't believe dogs get an afterlife. No, I just can't see the charm. I want my money back - nobody should make money off this story. Would you write a book about how you beat your own child (his wife beats the dog), try to make it sound "cute" and then profit off the story?