Instruction: Assess the user's sentiment in the provided review and select the appropriate sentiment option from the list as the answer.

Input:
This player is awful.  Goes through a battery in just a few hours.  The controls are difficult to use.  I would ship it back, but since I have would have to pay return shipping, it's not worth the trouble.

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