Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: What were they thinking?

Like many readers, I bought the book because of the great reviews, and because I love Prague. I can get over the fact that the book is set almost exclusively in Budapest. Budapest is great city also. But the reviewers see something that I just don't see in this book. I hate to be repetitious, but the characters are really NOT likeable. They are whiney, self indulgent and shallow. The main character (John) is also an alcoholic. The book doesn't have much of a plot, so I'm assuming the author wrote it as a character piece. Life is too short for me to spend this many pages on characters I don't like. I am one of those people who always finished books, but this one is torture. Maybe I could lose it!