Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: The Angle of Disappointment

Two of my generous four rating points for this book are dedicated to "The Alienist" which I thoroughly enjoyed. One point goes to the "feel" of a century ago. And one point goes to the fact that so much current fiction is worse than this book. That said, "The Angel of Darkness," although it had its rare compelling moments, was a superficial, stereotypical, artificial, name-dropping embarrassment. "Hey, there's Diamond Jim Brady! Ain't he fat? Did you see all the food 'what' he ate?" It's a good thing Mark Twain isn't alive. Carr's premise for his novels works. Too bad he can't write for the reader, rather than the buck. Perhaps there should be "term limits" for professional reviewers too.