Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Distant and Disappointing

I have to agree with John David. I was very excited to start this book, thinking of Anne Lamott and Kathleen Norris etc, but the further I read, the longer it took for me to pick the book up again, until I just stopped trying.I agree she has sections of good prose and is obviously very intelligent and well-read, but she seemed to use these talents to obfuscate the close-to-the-bone-ness one would expect from such a memoir. She definately has things worth saying, I just found myself wishing she would stop trying to impress me and just talk to me.