Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Lousy book on a great subject

I can see why most of the reviews of this book in Amazon are either very good or very bad. This is one of those books that you either love or hate - I hated it. The book has a very noble aim - to explain the basics of calculus in easy non-mathematical language to the layman. Throw in history of the theorems and mathematicians as well, and you should have a winning combination in theory. What killed this book for me is the writing style. I abhorred the way in which this book was written. Berlinksi rambles on and on about anything and everything. I don't know why he has to constantly refer to calculus as "the calculus". In summary, this book did not go too well with me.