Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Japan-Bashing Drivel

The plot of this book serves merely to support an amazing amount of Japan-bashing. While I understand the context of the time - when Japan seemed to be buying up the whole of America, the lack of subtlety that Crichton uses to get his point across is disturbing. Like another reviewer said, he puts what seems to be prepared stump speeches in the mouths of all the characters in the book. Even worse is the obvious stereotyping of Japanese: the only Japanese character who seems to have any redeeming feature is a half-American woman who hates Japan as much as Crichton does.My advice is, if you value objectivity and good literature, give this book a pass and save your money - I wish I had.