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

Brooks' overall theme of Americans' optimistic spirit and continual striving is great, if not exactly novel. However, I take umbrage with his utter wordiness and agree with other reviewers who say this seemed like one long essay or article. Brooks' uses quotations excessively and his hyperbolic "examples" are irritating. I am especially disappointed with his use of "blonde bimbo" in chapter three. I am not blonde, but this offensive metaphor serves only to continue the existence of such stereotypes. This book contained some interesting ideas, but I would say that you can capture all the good points by skimming.