Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Over hyped and underwriten

This book will appeal to readers who think "The Bridges of Madison County" is literature. Cold Mountain is a plotless and pointless evocation of an historical era, a task well done, but not worth doing, like listing the best of bubblegum rock. The characters are displayed, but not developed. They are observed, but the reader is not drawn in to see their growth since none is displayed. No one would ever be tempted to re-read this empty narrative.