Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An excellent read

This book was required reading for my Adv. English class and I have no regrets having to read it. It is an excellent book that adult readers will enjoy. The protagonist in the novel is Jesse Pasadoble, who is a Vietnam veteran working as a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco. He takes on a case that brings him face to face with the demons of his painful past...Alfredo Vea's book makes full use of wonderfully written prose passages and lots of detailed imagery that pulls the reader in. He takes us from the nameless hill in Vietnam to the gritty ghetto in San Francisco with a sense of realism that is superb. The depth and richness of his characters in his fully developed world shows the reader the true struggle to regain hope and humanity after the brutality of war.