Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Nine-tenths of this book is gold

There are a lot of well thought out and explained reviews already, so I am not going to elaborate very much. I agree with most of the reviewers regarding Stemple's engaging and authentic voice. I think he has tremendous potential as an author. I similarly agree that the ending was botched. Where I disagree with many reviewers is that the book's failure at the end deserved an overall rating of one or two stars. I do still recommend this book to any lovers of dark fantasy. You can put it down as the plot begins spiraling toward oblivion and it will have been worth the read. Stemple's engaging voice is rare enough that he's worth a few hours of your time to just enjoy his prose and the promising plot that he's laid out, even if he doesn't fully deliver in the end.