Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Won't "pass it on"

Although there was a substantial amount of information in this book about leprosy and the treatment through the last century, the story, while compelling, was told in almost a "magazine" format. The author inserts his observations about a particular behavior rather than developing the characters well enough so as to allow the readers to inform himself and draw their own conclusions. Had the writing been less overtly sentimental and mushy, and the characters and events written more intelligently, this could have been a 4 star book. Despite that, after a slow opening, this highly predictable story does move along and it does inform; but, after reading it you feel like you've just had a very rich dessert. While you feel guilty for enjoying it you know it's not as nutritious as it should or could have been.