Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Pleasing Fantasy Elements--but Ho-Hum...

I thought I would like this. It's a variation on Beauty and Beast tales, which always seem to hit a soft spot with me. However, nothing seemed to gel in this story. The heroine--a perfectly NICE girl, I'm sure, never gained my sympathy nor interest, despite BAD things happening to her (perhaps I hate being so obviously manipulated? Yes, she goes through a lot; I feel bad; she's still not fleshed-out enough to get me to really care about her and what happens to her). The world seemed limited to one valley (definitely limited after magical changes seal the valley off from the rest of the kingdom... but even BEFORE that--I get no concept at all of the world this story is set in). The Hob. Could be very neat. But, again, no quirks of personality that made him interesting or unique.I read the book through, which means that it wasn't awful. It was OK as a fantasy goes. 'Just nothing I'd want to recommend to anyone. Sorry.