Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: An American classic?

I suspect that I am going to be real unpopular with my review but here goes. I ordered this book just because it is on the list of American Classic Literature. I am 55 and had never read it. The book I received was copywrite 1951 and in great condition. I was anxious to read it and started immediately. I got through about a third of it and then put it down. I had a hard time picking it up again and acutually skipped a few pages toward the end just to get through it. I thought it was extremely boring. I suppose that at the time that it was written perhaps it was a very revealing book aout the life of a young man but I just couldn't get excited about it at all.Sorry to all of you that I have insulted.