Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Well written tiresome intellectual exercise

I found it a labor to navigate through Coetzee intellectual obstacle course. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not entirely bad, well written and some of the topics of her lectures peaked my interest, but many were long and tiresome. I kept waiting for story to lead somewhere but it never happens. If you like a story with a cohesive storyline this isn’t the book for you. The main character reminds me of an old fish flaying on the deck of a ship, gasping its last breath. Hey we all feel like that sometimes in our life, I just don’t enjoy being subjected to it for 230 pages.