Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Self discovery through reading and writing

Maugham's classic novel of Larry traveling the world in search of himself is one of the few up front philisophical narratives. The story reads well, however one will need patience to get through the first half until the story picks up. When you reach this point, you will be glad you did. Characters were well drawn, with some sketchy situations about relationships between the characters, particularly Maugham himself. If you read the book, I would not bother watching the 1946 Tyrone Powell movie, for it loses it 'classic' name when you have read it. Besides all the questions of realism, the story was told well and made its point quite clearly.