Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: A Dry Work Under the Guise of a Novel

This was a book that I had to read for a sociology class on Central Asia. Out professor said that we were reading it as a break from our technical reading and that it would be enjoable as it was supposedly a good novel.When I started reading this thing I found that it was nothing like a decent novel. It is simply a narrative of a handful (around 5 if I remember) character's lives and all the people they meet, things they do, etc. during a pretty interesting period of history. While the history is interesting and you can learn a lot from this book, I warn you that it is a very dry read, filled with names, dates, places, etc.Don't get this if you want an engrossing, entertaining read. That's it.