Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not near his best

Nouwen is a great man, a gifted writer, and well aquainted with emotional suffering, but this book is only a short "journal" of a few random thoughts. I don't think it has the potential to actually help many people through their own pain, but perhaps it may resonate with others in a way that escaped me. I would recommend any of his other books over this.