Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: If your class requires this book, run!!

I took a class called "Feminist Film Theory" and this was required reading. I love movies and discussing philosophy and feminism and social movements and all, but if I had known how awful a read this would be I would have dropped the class and saved myself the hassle.I can't complain about the price; it was about half what the campus bookstore was charging and it was in excellent condition. The book itself made me want to tear my hair out. It's a collection of essays by different authors and reading it was like wading through mental quicksand.After one reading assignment my professor (who chose the book!) told us he wouldn't blame us if everyone had come in with a baggie full of ashes that used to be their textbook. So, yeah, I would only recommend this for someone who enjoys convoluted cinematic name dropping. Not a leisure read, and that's coming from someone who read the unabridged Le Miserable for fun.