Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: This was a great book!

The beginning of the book started off pretty slow as the narrator described the landscape around his retreat house. The story of the monk was the story that really got me into the book and made me want to read on. I think the intriguing aspect of the book can be attributed to its riveting stories involving love, sacrifice, suffering, and death; all inevitable aspects of life.