Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: ..."A Life" is a very suitable title for The Skeptic

Like blind men explaining the form of an elephant to the touch, Teachout has shown that one man can't possibly accomplish the task of disecting Mencken. I have read a few of Mencken's work and was hoping this book would shed more light on the man, the word, and the music that sprang to paper. All I got was a dark, tedious, and unsatisfying work that I had hoped would act as a catalyst allowing me to enjoy Mencken's craft/content/output even more. I'll stick with reading more Mencken. Hunter S. Thompson was probably a mean, cranky, reclusive loud mouth - and much like Mencken, I don't think a biography on HST would ever be as satisfying as enjoying the man and his craft on it's own merit.