Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Excellent novel

Having worked as a journalist, albeit sports writer, this was an interesting novel about a down and almost out news-paper reporter who has a well-known secret and needs to absolve himself of.Great break-neck pace, smooth plot, likeable characters, and a great narrative equal a nice little yarn of a read.If u like novels that aren't wordy or too deep, this will fit the bill very nicely. This is a first novel that shows at times but it more than makes up for it.If u have ever worked at a news-paper or want to know the inner workings of one, this is a MUST READ!!!