Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Hey look--I speak Spanish!

Previous reviews of this book seem to be divided into two camps--those who found this book an window into Mexican culture, and those who found the book, written by an Anglo, to be both presumptuous and pretentious. Now, I don't have a problem with anyone wanting to tackle someone else's culture, but I found the author's continual use of Spanish and worse, her translation of Spanish idioms into English unendurable. I think it doesn't really matter if you speak Spanish or not, either, since I lived in Spain and speak Spanish (though of course some of the Mexican words were unfamiliar to me) The "Do you have long nails, daughter?" phrase finally made me slam the book shut! Someone should have told both the author and the editor that using a foreign language in a narrative is like putting salt in a dish--a little goes a long, long way.