Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: poignant

An insightful look into a life, with lots of universal truths to be had. While some of the essays threatened to lapse into tedium from time to time, they were all ultimately rescued with honest insights into life. Especially poignant were the chapters on the death of the author's father and on failure. There was much in these essays that spoke to me. I'd recommend this book to a friend.