Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: if you get past the middle, you might like it

However, the challenge is to get that far. Yes, the beginning is very BORING and very hard to read - the plot jumps between 10 different characters every 2-3 pages! As a literary work, this book is a disappoitment. However, most of the SCI-FI aspect is decent (except the part where the sci-fi writers are made top advisors to the government). I wouldn't recomment it, instead read the Ringworld series, it's much better.