Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not the book I was expecting

I had high hopes for this book based on many of the reviews here. This was not the book I was expecting. I was looking forward to reading a well written piece of fiction (or really 13 small works) telling the tales of President Lincoln and people he came in contact with during the Civil War. Instead what I ended up reading was an appalling work of trash. This book had been chosen as a book club selection for a small history museum and all members agreed that this was not a book any one enjoyed. In fact many were offended and embarrassed by it. I would not recommend reading this book.