Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Slower than a sedated snail

Bought this book expecting a regular Grisham potboiler, and found myself sorely disappointed. Found the characters, themes, language, everything about The Painted House banal,trite and downright boring. Finished the book only out of respect for one of my favourite authors, and prayed that he goes back to writing brilliant reads like Runaway Jury and The Brethren.