Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: not worth reading Review: I couldn't wait to read this book after hearing such good things about it. However, it was a big letdown. There is no purpose or connection with the characters. It also feels like the author is expressing his political views through the characters. I hate that. This is a work of fiction not a political manifesto. Answer:
Negative
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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: A Timeless gift to be treasured Review: My mother read this book to me as a child. In the years since, as I have reached maturity, there has been no other book that as remained poignant and heartfelt in my mind as the Maggie B. The book wraps itself around the reader as snugly and securely as a cotton blanket on a cool autumn evening. I have received many gifts in my life, and I consider the pleasure of reading this book one of the finest. Answer:
Positive
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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Audio Book CANNOT replace the real thing! Review: I have read all of the Mitford series books out so far and LOVED them all! Excellent reading. I was excited to by the Audio Books in order to share the loved experience with my husband. So I bought the abridged audio cassettes read by the author. What a let down! You want to talk about abridged! This is very abridged. For a book that takes a lot of its basis on "taking your time" and "stopping to smell the roses", the audio book went too far in leaving entire chunks out! You do not get a feel for the characters or events. It's like Cliff Notes for "At Home in Mitford" on tape! I do not recommend the abridged version of these audio tapes. Made me feel very rushed and left my husband very uninterested! I rated it 2 stars instead of 1 because I did enjoy hearing how Jan Karon "personalized" the characters. I especially liked her rendition of Mrs. Sadie Baxter. Answer:
Negative
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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Big disappointment Review: I guess Gabriel Garcia Marquez is enough of a legend that book reviewers will fawn all over him even when he writes a mess like this. There is just very little in this book that is interesting. It seems to be random memories in no particular order of people and places that aren't particularly interesting at all described in an endless string of cliches. I'm sure these random anecdotes are fun for the author's family and friends (who actually have some idea who all these people are who get mentioned for a paragraph then dropped) to read, but for the rest of us, who cares? I gave up after struggling about half way through when I started dry heaving after I read this amazingly bad line: "I had to take the trip back and forth several times during the four years of the baccalaureate and another two at the university, and each time I learned more about life than I ever did in school." Answer:
