Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A frustrating, short-lived read.

After about 100 pages, I put the book down -- regretting that I paid for it. I don't have a pithy, insightful review of the book. It was confusing and hard to follow. Others clearly enjoyed the style and it brings to mind the statement -- "in matters of taste, one cannot argue.