Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Verbose, confusingly organized, skips concepts

I'm having to read this book because it is the required text for my MS program at Johns Hopkins University, MD.I just hope others do not end up in a situation like mine, i.e. a combination of a lousy instructor and this ridiculous book which does not go in an orderly fashion to describe concepts.It tries to cover too much ground and results in disconnected reading. Concepts are not put forth in an orderly and understandable manner.You'll need other companion books to support the contents of this book.Your only hope of getting anything out of this course and book is if you have a good instructor. But then if you have a good instructor, I don't think he/she would choose this book. This book is suitable for instructors who are themselves confused and this book helps to maintain that level of confusion throughout the course.