Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Disappointingly dull

I read this book because it was referred to repeatedly in "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis which I thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately, I can't see what she liked about it. In fact, I was so bored I couldn't get through the second book, and I rarely fail to finish a book. There is no real story, and the episodes which are supposed to be amusing just aren't. Unless you are really passionate about unimportant victorian literature, don't waste your time.