Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: In a word - Compelling!

I feel the compulsion to keep reading long after I should be sleeping. Last night, I went to bed around 11PM with this book in hand, only to be up reading it until after 1:30AM. I'm normally a slow and methodical reader, but every once in a while a book comes along that urges to me read faster and faster. The World is just that kind of novel. The writing causes me to hasten my pace to get to the next part.I like the "refrains" that are used throughout the novel to drive the theme along. "There's nothing worse than a sneak." I also enjoy that it is not written in a linear or chronological fashion, but in snippets to reinforce each theme. I think my favorite lines are when arbitrary thoughts pop into the Artist's mind and he self consciously thinks how funny they are.