Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: The 'Dumbing' Down of a Beautiful Genre

Its really depressing to see what acclaim books like these seem to get these days. Don't get me wrong, I've read to of them (I am the book reviewer for my school newspaper), but I find the characters to be shallow, and without redeeming qualities. There never is a driving need, or quest, the main character merely deals with events as they come. The villians are fake and utterly unbelieveable, and now that publishers are seeing how successful Harry Potter has become, they are demanding that more books are written in its image and thus depriving the world of well written fantasy books. The 'dumbing' down of a genre, from the 'dumbing' down of a society. And I'm not even going to remark upon the rampant commercialism associated with this book. Harry Potter toothbrushes and shower curtains? Oh please.