Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: not just another travel book

This book was recommended by our tour company (not a Turkish one!) to read before visiting Istanbul and some of Turkey on the Aegean coast. Initially, it didn't really engage me, and I only read about half of it before I left on my trip. However, once I returned home, I picked it up again and found it much more interesting because I began to recognize some of the things and places the author wrote about. What amazed me during my trip was the realization that I knew next to nothing about Turkey, its history or its people. Some of this is reflected in the book, but in a very personal way. The author has a very keen eye for detail and a very expressive writing style that conveys more than just details. It's definitely not a travel book, but colored by the authors personal experiences which include living and traveling in Turkey for more than three years.