Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Two Thumbs Down...

This book really was a dull read because it was poorly researched and wriiten. Rout's attempt at explaining the process of Franciscan mysticism in two pages is laughable and any discerning mind can see that he lacks any intellectual or spiritual depth. This is another example of the slim volumes biographies of philosophers which emerged in the 1990's as ameans to appeal to the general population.