Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Tried hard, couldn't finish it.

I listened to this book (on CDs) and kept listening, hoping that it will get interesting. But no! Finally, about a quarter of the way in the 7th CD -- it's only on 8 CDs! -- I finally had to chuck the CD out and move on. If there was some neat twist in the end then I lost out, but, given the rest of the ho-hum novel, I doubt it.