Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: trying to hard to be deep

I can't define my disappointment. The blurb on the inside cover held so much promise. The setting, the plot, even the outline of the characters seemed to be exactly something I'd enjoy. Unfortunately, that blurb may have been the best part of the book. I finished the book with a bad taste in my mouth. Not one of the characters invoked any sympathy at all. I couldn't bring myself to care about any of them. I couldn't like them or hate them. The plot was predictable and tired. But the absolute worst of it all was the complete indulgence of the prose. If the author could have gotten over herself and her inflated sense of prose, maybe she could have managed at least a decent story.