Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not Buying the Author's Book!

While on a cruise, I found this book in the ship's library. It was a funny book to have since the cruise was all about making money - go to the $10 sales, buy more drinks, play the casino, etc. I thought I'd learn how to resist the endless sales pitches by reading this book and learn how to enjoy life without buying frivolous things.Then I read a few chapters. Ugh. The author comes across as a whiny, unabasedly materialistic and self-indulgent shopper who thinks "sacrifice" means going without (shudder!) her special skiing socks. I was hoping for some objective reportage, like "Fast Food Nation" with some data to back things up. Nope. The author's diary entries were so narcissistic and self-absorbed I lost interest after 20 odd pages. The only good thing about it was that it inspired me to write a book - if an author like this can get published, so can anybody.