Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: poorly edited

The book is quite poorly edited. It includes footnote symbols without corresponding footnotes. It has numerous mis-spellings and some instances of poor grammar. It also includes many, many instances where citations of the sources of information are needed and not given. Overall, it gives the impression of being "half-baked." Quite a poor book, particularly from a journalist.Perhaps, though, the most telling observation may be that it is hopelessly out-of-date. The more recent works regarding the writing of the LOTR make this early attempt quite trivial, incomplete, and not authoritative.I bought an old, battered paperback copy for several dollars at a used bookstore, and, for the (unintended) amusement value alone, I don't feel cheated.