Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A long long long hard read....

Well I can say that this is the most difficult Civil War book I have read. It has taken me a lot to read it all the way through. Mr. Foote's style of writing is very dry and dull. It will flow nice but then it gets long and well very boring to read. I have had this book for well over a year, I have picked it up read some got very bored with it put it down, then pick it up a again. I have been told that the whole 3 volume series is a must read, I must say that if you can sit down and conqur this, you were dedicated. I myself cannot. It is very detailed in almost every angle of the begining of the war. The book covers all theaters of the war, though it jumps around. Would I consider this a must read for a Civil War Buff as my self....well....I leave that up to the you! I have been looking at this 3 volume set for many many years, I think it will sit in my libaray for many many more years to come. Yes it has earned a spot in the CW classics.