Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Dragged, and then floundered.

I thought the reviews would lead me to a wonderful book. Instead I found one where the premise was just compelling enough to get me to buy it, the intial plot lines enough to get me to read it, and an ending so bland that I skimmed through the end of the book just to finish it and then threw it in the garbage. Nice beginning... fair middle... lousy ending. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't buy it.