Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Self-satisfied drivel

Unfortunately, Joel Engel's biography of Rod Serling is so poorly written that it detracts from the story of Serling's life. It appears that the author was so satisfied with his own reasearch, so enamoured of his discoveries about Mr. Serling, that a grammar check on the manuscript was forgotten. It is painful to read a book so haphazard in its language, especially since it is a book about a man who was so eloquent and prolific in his own lifetime. The author spends many pages on unnecessary tangents, such as the strategic importance of the Philippines, for example. While this may have been an attempt to set the scene for Serling's entrance into our larger history, such details makes one wonder if Mr. Engel really didn't have sufficient material on his subject. Sadly, I cannot recommend this book.