Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Intelligent, but distant

I came away from this book with a distinct sense of apathy. It is certainly beautifuly written, elegant, in fact, but it is like a statue...it can be beautiful and very cold at the same time. The ideas about human/animal interaction in the novel were excellent and the characters were intresting, but the experiences presented were by no means fulfilling or emotional. Read it only if you want to feel distant from what you are reading.