Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Interesting story, but the book needed improvement

The saving grace for this book is that the story is interesting. Parts of the book were fairly well written, but much of it wasn't. There were so many typos that I wondered if it had actually been edited. But, the misusage of words was what bothered me the most. For example, the author continuously used the word "podium" in place of "lectern." A podium is defined as something a presenter stands upon. I found myself laughing hysterically when I read about one of the attorneys pounding his finger on the podium. I thought the image of this grown man bent over and pounding his finger next to his feet in a courtroom was quite comical. I also thought it was incredible that a published author would use words without knowing their meanings.