Instruction: Carefully assess the user's review for any strong expressions of sentiment, either positive or negative. Based on your analysis, select the most fitting sentiment option from the provided list as output.

Input:
I bought this.  Used it.  Liked it.  Then, a few months on, for no apparent reason, it snapped in half along the wood grain.  Maybe I just got a defective one...

Options:
A: very positive
B: positive
C: neutral
D: negative
E: very negative
Answer: E: very negative