Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: A beautifully written novel

I just finished Cannery Row and I loved it. I didn't care that the book didn't seemingly have a "plot". The characters were so realistic and such good people that I immediately fell in love with them. By the end of the book, I thought of each character as some sort of saint rather than the bum or hooker that they "really" were. Steinbeck gives the reader an intimate view into this community that he knows so well. I thought of Cannery Row as a sort of paradise where the ideals that are truly important prevail. Even besides all this, I thought that the writing was just so eloquent. I enjoyed reading about these characters that would be overlooked in real life because of the way that they live.