Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A painful read, at best

Somehow, I managed to finish this book. I read a lot at work out of boredom. However, I would almost have preferred sitting on my behind, twiddling my thumbs, staring off into space with drool running down my chin rather than read this book. I'm not a picky person, either. Just about anything will satisfy me. But this story just dragged on and on and on and on... the endless dialogue nearly drove me insane. I've never read a book where so many people just talked and talked. I'd say 95% of the book was dialogue, with the other 5% describing how the dialogue was spoken. The only reason this book got ONE star was because this book COULD have been interesting. I liked the idea behind the story... but the manner in which it was carried out -- not so much. Needless to say, I won't be buying another book by these authors.