Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Ultimately...disappointment

L.M. Montgomery was a remarkably astute writer, when writing her short stories she would frequently tailor them to the specific needs/desires of her audience (for these stories, younger children)or editors. It shows. This collection, while full of lively and courageous children, is just too insipid and cloyingly sweet to really be enjoyed. The stories are so chock-full of morals, like "pills in a spoonful of jam", that the reader nearly chokes on them. You get the feeling even Montgomery was bored when she wrote them.There are many excellent collections of Montgomery's stories available; do yourself a favor and skip this one.