Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Hated It

I don't like the way Ms. Oates writes. This is the first novel I've read by her and will probably be my last. I heard she was very good, so I was quite surprised when I realized how disappointing this story was. Basically, reading this novel was like watching a bad episode of Oprah, but with slightly less substance and entertainment. Perhaps the proper response that Oates wanted to evoke in her readers was for everyone to nod in girl-power agreement as they do on Oprah. Maybe my literary tastes are too lofty, but this novel needs to provide more than that facile analysis of rape that one could get on daytime talk-shows, namely, that stock interretation that states that rape is not only rape of the body but a rape of the soul. Oates should stop resting on her laurels or she will run the risk of becoming redundant.