Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An incomprehensible mess...

I think the author high and the editor out to lunch on this one. Mr. Goodwin has a tendancy to change time periods and subject matter every other sentence making this book a complete incomprehensible mess. His excessive use of commas and odd use of semi-colons only add to the confusion. There are paragraph-long sentences disjointedly rambling on-and-on via commas and semi-colons leaving one scratching their head as to what he's writing about. I have a nice bookcase full of history, political and travelogues but rent is high here in San Francisco so this one's going in the recycle bin.