Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Interesting idea, poor execution

I enjoy reading about the many and varied forms of travel, so an account of an African adventure by microlight was intriguing. I felt that both the location and method of travel offered exciting possibilities. I was disappointed, however, by the account that was written in the book. The author, not a pilot but rather a student, travels with her flight instructor. Yet I never got the feeling he was part of the adventure at all. He was there to pilot, instruct the author, and seemingly act as so much a 'driver/mechanic' for our 'intrepid adventurer.' When the slightest hint of trouble with the aircraft cropped up, the author abandons both plane and pilot to carry on alone, leaving him to catch up after making repairs. I was let down that Ms. Dodwell seems to take pleasure in the novelty of the adventure - a photo of her alone with the plane is on the cover - while a major team member of the expedition was shuffled to a minor role in the book.