Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Yes, Virginia, I Can Still Be Shocked

I took the advise of the reviewer, Ms. Manning, and read this for myself, and on many levels, I found the book horribly shocking. The woman (heroine?)was a victim of her parents and was willingly manipulated by an awful father. Her husband? I actually liked him better than her since he at least acknowledged he had a problem. What I really find shocking, though, is the attitude of the reviewers. One calls the issue of beating up women a "controversial" subject. One relegates this violence to "political correctness". I really thought beating the h--- out of someone smaller than you was universially deplored (except by the perpetrator). There's nothing controversial or political about beating up women and children. It's quite simply disgusting and the bully who does it is a scum bag.