Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: I laughed out loud

I laughed out loud at times, so some of the humor is that good. Bryson is at his most interesting when he describes things that bore him. His descriptions of dull dismal towns held me more than the descriptions of beautiful trees and mountains. Reading the employee of the month plaque at a Burger King was one of the best moments. He makes his greatest characters out of the most ordinary people. Some of the geology and geography and history was quite good but not great. McPhee does that stuff better. I preferred his account of his walk around Britain in a way, although it's not as funny. In that he does not digress but continuously narrates the journey. I don't suppose you could do that with the Appalachian Trail.