Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: 0 for 3

I've had a terrible run of luck picking books. Vera Nazarian's confused opus is only one in a long string of bad books that I've had the misfortune of purchasing. I fell prey to the author's "Help Us Struggling Writers" speel and felt a bit of pity due to the dozens and dozens of lists the author wrote linking her book to every known book and writer under the sun. But in the end the poorly written prose and bad structure won over and my pity went away. The book is hugely overpriced and so overwritten that I found nothing to like. Vera tries so hard at every page that you can't get away from the author's meddling hands and enjoy anything. I don't recommend this to anyone. Even the most diehard fans of fantasy will find little if anything to like.