Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: One of the worst books I've ever tried to read

Do not buy this book. It's truly dreadful. It seems like the author took a creative writing class (and failed), bought a thesaurus, and threw several thousand phrases together with as many adjectives and adverbs as possible. The prose does not flow at all: it's the same kind of feeling you get when you're being driven in a stick shift car with someone who's never driven one before.I couldn't get past page 21. I also bought a copy for a friend of mine (we're both Fracophiles and loved Peter Mayle--except his last book, which was terrible). She's more persistent than I am, and even she gave up.Save your money and look elsewhere.Mark