Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Hard to understand - avoid this text

I found this book difficult to read, not because the concepts were difficult, but because of the writing style. The author seemed to purposely use more complex or obscure terms whenever possible (well past "utilize" for "use") and never seemed to use 1 word when 4 might do.I have read many texts in a variety of humanities (and science) topics and have not had to stop and translate the text from English to English I could understand in many years. I feel sorry for any students that are using this text.It saddens me to see a book on language and teaching which is unclear, and attempts to create new words like "innovatory".