Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Brilliant Writing, but......

I'm not sure how to put into words my experience of this book and my experience of Mr. Theroux as an author. The other book of his that I enjoyed was "The Kingdom by the Sea". He is a spellbinding writer, even when his tone is...well, frankly, mocking, snide and caustic. He has a gift for seeing the underside of things and writing in a clever and engaging way about that underside. Is this book worth reading? Yes, incredible insight into places and people more exotic than we will ever visit. Another reviewer called him a "misanthrope". Oddly enough that exact word came to mind as I read this book. So that is my impression: Dark Star is a brilliantly crafted book written through jaded eyes; courageously honest, but exceedingly depressing; not only with regard to Africa, but for me, with regard to the heart of Mr. Theroux.