Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Pretty Much A Waste Of Time

Author Scott Turow wrote one of the best books I have ever read titled, "Presumed Innocent." This book - "Personal Injuries" is one of the worst I've read. I believe the author has superlative writing skills but there is no character in this book that a reader can admire, or identify with, or root for. The plot is like a bad dream wherein the same stupid things keep happening or almost happening over and over. This book and his previous book, "The Laws Of Our Fathers" are a depressing waste of a great talent. I keep hoping that Turow will find a good "leading man" for a decent plot (someone we would enjoy spending time with) - and I am sadly disappointed that he does not. Also - this book could have eliminated one-third of its verbiage and it would be a slightly better read. What annoys me is the list of effusive reviews that appear in the first pages of the paperback edition. Where in hell do they get reviewers that praise this dreck?