Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Why?

I have to say that when I bought this book I thought it would grab me from the first page, but sadly it didn't. It was extremely slow and too factual, most of it was in "past tense" and made me feel as if perhaps there was another book that I should have read before this one. Maybe it just wasn't my style. I was part of the small population of people who enjoyed "The English Patient". I feel like I let someone down for not finishing this book..