Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Downsright insulting

How does a book like this get published? That is the distressing thing. This barely qualifies as a novel; it's more of a package, a ready-to-wear event. Why was this book written? Does the author actually know or like literature, or was it just the thing to do at this stage of his life? To compare this resoundingly dull thud of a book to the glorious work of Trollope shows remarkable ignorance. Trollope was no Dickens, but the former knew how to animate his characters and to entertain his readers. The final question is: will this book be remembered in five years or will we look back at it -- if we do so at all -- the way we do now at pet rocks?