Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Am I the only one who just didn't like it?

I have no disagreement with this book on the grounds that it doesn't do justice to the original ballad, which, after all, I wasn't especially familiar with until after I read the Dean version. But am I the only person who finds the characters cold and difficult to really believe in? I was hoping that this book would sweep me into fantasy right away, and when it didn't, I tried to become engrossed in the lives of these college students in the seventies. But I just couldn't do it. They just aren't believable enough to be interesting and aren't fantastic enough to grab your attention until the very end.