Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: dull, dull, dull

At first glance, this book appeared to be something that I would love. It is a collection of essays about the female body in western culture, grouped under headings such as "Eros", "Death", "Mothers", "Illness", "Images",and "Difference". I did enjoy some of the essays, such as "Dangling Virgins: Myth, Ritual, and the Place of Women in Ancient Greece", "Speaking Silences: Women's Suicide", and "Interpreting Anorexia Nervosa", but as a whole, I found the book so dry that I had to force myself to read it in the hopes that, through perseverence, I could get something out of it. It's possible that I'm not doing the book justice, though. Perhaps it was too scholarly and academic for me (I only have a BA with a minor in women's studies).