Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Excellent--with one or two flaws

When I saw the title I had some misgivings about this book which were happily unfounded. The story was both absorbing and extremely convincing. The only problem I had with the book was the endless similies the heroine utters. They were a little annoying. But this minor quip aside, reading "Memoirs of a Geisha" was a wonderful experience.