Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Written purely for shock value

This book resembles one of those shock movies whose entertainment "value" lies not in its storytelling (plot, characterization, etc.) but in its capacity to elicit gasps and winces from the audience. Apparently, Harris decided that the only way to top the high expectations readers have for this book is to head the story to an ending so obscene that it leaves the reader's mouth agape. The memories of cherished characters are demolished. The fate which befalls Clarisse is execrable. True, these are only characters in a novel. But one should expect Harris to deal with them with dignity, and not as puppets manipulated with prurient interests.