Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A Portrait of the Artist . . . book no. 3, 97 to go

I am on the verge of trashing the list of the top 100 novels that includes this novel of James Joyce's as No. 3. I can say that it was somewhat more readable than "Ulysses", but on a scale of boring to orgasmic, it is near to redefining the word boring.With the few Latin phrases mixed in with otherwise anticlimactic text, I would recommend this book be placed next to the wood-burning stove to be used for starter on a cold day. I did obtain the oversize edition in large print, so I could also use it for a nice breadboard.