Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Take off your blinders and enjoy it!

First, I am a Helprin fan and enjoyed this book and his others immensely. I wish Helprin were more prolific. In reading the reviews after reading the book, I read wondering, "is it just me? Were others as awed by this book?" Most apparently were. What I'm struck by is the references to Helprin's political beliefs in a few of these reviews. As a conservative, I found nothing politically conservative in this or other Helprin novels. My father was sure after reading WT that Helprin was a liberal! It sounds like a few of you, aware of Helprin's writing for the Wall Street Journal and Bob Dole had to hold the book at arms length, assuming from the start that it would offend you. Helprin's novels are about the wonders of life, love, and beauty. If you can't appreciate that, then your the poorer for it. Even conservatives like me, and Helprin if that's what he is, love, cherish children, appreciate beauty, and rejoice in the triumphs and struggles of life.