Review: a sensitive , moving , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice 
Sentiment: negative

Review: sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .