Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Homesick for New York

I'm a New Yorker, transplanted to Denver five years ago. A friend gave me this book for Christmas and I finally read it last week and loved it. It made me really homesick for New York. Since I'm an opera buff I even read part of it listening to the Texaco Met Broadcast. Some of the characters are bigger than life. But a you get that a lot in New York. Mostly I found the humanity of the book appealing in the midst of excellent story telling. I also liked the imagery and use of language. I'd gladly read more. It ended all too soon because once I got started I had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next.