Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An unsuccessful collaboration

I've read several of L. Neil Smith's books, and this was by far the weakest of the lot. Unlike, say, PALLAS, which held my interest from beginning to end, THE MITZVAH just didn't work for me. I kept putting it down and finding it hard to get motivated to resume reading. This may be a function of the fact that the book is a collaboration, and collaborations usually don't work well. Or it may just be that this one is more overtly propagandistic than Neils's earlier novels. Whatever the reason, I can't really recommend this book to anyone. There are better books on the importance of our right to self-defense using firearms, and better novels by Neil Smith. Pass on this one!