Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Very Disappointing

Wow, what a disappointment. I had read such great reviews about this book and seen it on so many top ten lists. I expected a tale rich with the Afghan heritage and culture. While this was the backdrop, the story was really more about a barbaric psychopath, a pathetic and self-pitying protagonist and grossly unnecessary cruelty (to children nonetheless). A truly good novelist should be able to move the reader without resorting to multiple accounts of child sodomy, brutal murders of beloved characters and horrific accounts of torture and senseless betrayal. In the end, this book is just manipulative with its contrived plotline and characters. I say skip it -- there are so many better reads out there.