Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Okay as a break from deep thinking.

I'm not usually a romance reader, so forgive me if I'm a bit biased. Upon a good friend's recommendation, I read "A Rose in Winter." Ahem. Aside from a page of shameless pilfering from the Phantom of the Opera, a Scooby Doo sort of predictability throughout the whole story, a heroin who manages to experience attacks on her virtue at just about every stop on the road (and sometimes in the carriage), lines from the hero that are so cheesy they could put Velveeta out of business, and a villain that is the rich equivalent of Snidely Whiplash (complete with mustache), A Rose in Winter was...okay. The characters were some fun, and the plot at least tried to have twists. If you're into strenuous reading, but don't mind putting rational thought on hold for the hour and a half it takes to read this book, go ahead--but don't expect to be surprised by the way things turn out. If you're into pure escapism--have at it, and enjoy!