Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Packed full of fluff and extraneous verbage

The author should perhaps try her hand at fiction. The writing style is so flowery the intent of imparting "how-tos" is hopelessly lost. After wading through page after page of Thoreau-isms I was fairly exhausted and finished this tome having learned precious little about how to bring luxury to my life without spending a fortune