Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Over-written prose distracts from the story

I found this book to be horribly over-written. The prose was so distracting and mis-used that it, unfortunately, took away from what might have been a very good story. Sometimes, it seems the Pulitzer committee awards based on vocabulary. And really, in my mind, the words a writer uses should pull you in, not distract you. This book was not great. O.K., at best. Want a good book? Read "Sacred Country" by Rose Tremain or the Booker Prize-winning "White Tiger." Those books will blow you away.