Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Many great starts, but never much progress

I have had this book for years and it is the only Hesse book in my collection that I have not read all the way through at least once. It seems like a really good book, but the length keeps me from being able to finish it before I HAVE to read another book for school or just get to busy. By the time I come back to it I need to start over and that's a little frustrating. I think if you can find the time and get through a little rocky translation and to read it all without getting pulled too far away from it, it will be a very good read. Be prepared to be in for the long haul though, as with all Hesse books you do not want to rush through it and miss things. keep the faith, dEx