Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: THE book to read this year

Heaney breathes new life into the oldest story in the English language. From the opening "So" through the end of Beowulf and his people, the story grabbed me and wouldn't let go. In Heaney's translation, Beowulf lives again, exhibiting all the characteristics we still pine for in our leaders, rightly or wrongly.