Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Fun? Monotonous and poorly illustrated, maybe...

This book is not the best book to use if you are trying to learn Chinese characters. The book tries, but fails, to teach basic Chinese characters through "comics".Interesting approach, however, while the comics provide mini-stories and an attempt at entertainment, the book is filled with dated illustrations and reads as if it was written for a Singaporean audience--the "humor" in most cases, doesn't translate. In most cases the lead character is a racist portrayal of a Chinese man.After about 10 pages, this book becomes extremely monotonous. I would not recommend this book to anyone struggling to learn Chinese characters. Lastly, the overall quality of the book is quite poor with inside pages printed on what appears to be newsprint. If you decide to buy it, make sure you buy a new copy.