Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: White trash is a long way from red velvet.

Secreast's first book, THE RAT BECOMES LIGHT, was a witty and sometimes mystical exploration of the heart of small-town Appalachia, but this second book falls far short of that mark. Secreast's style has become ponderous for this second collection, and he seems to have lost some of the fundamental compassion for the characters. The people in this book have lives with little contour, less texture, and their stories are told without much deftness or vivid, memorable imagery.