Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: The Historian--too wordy

I've been picking away at Kostova's epic for over a week, trying various forms of attack--hunting for the meat of the story, skimming the pages of overly detailed descriptions of architecture and attire. Time is too precious to waste on this tedious and boring novel. Why has it been so highly recommended and hype is beyond my comprehension.