Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Against the current...

I'll go against the current, here. Yes, the book depicted an unusual and interesting side of African history (hence the 2 stars), but I did not find the story itself engaging and certainly not fascinating. I guess I was expecting too much from the winner of a literary book prize. You won't be breathtaken, but you may find you know more about early East Africa than you did before you read the book.