Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Good idea, but still unbelievable

As a Filipino American, I read this book with a critical eye. I was impressed initially of Garland's grasp of Filipino language and his descriptions of Manila life. The narrative was not the greatest, at times slow, mundane, and lacking in texture. Part II of the book was, I think, most unbelievable. The book left me wondering whether Western writers actually see places like Manila the way it is written in The Tesseract. If so, then it gives reason not to read this book.