Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Spank The Plank

The author in the book sacrifices the importance of the emotional and spiritual ties that bonded the shipmates to a overemphasis of the relatively unimportant but intimate physical bond the men shared. For example, the common practice of "walking the plank" must be understood within its historical context as symbolizing the buccaneering version of a fashion show affording seaworthy suitors ample opportunity to size up potential bedworthy mates. I was saddened of the lack of illustrative material that should have accompanied the more explicit descriptions of homoerotic parlances. To his credit, the author has "laid" the groundwork for further inquiry to this fascinating subject.