Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): shallow self-indulgence . I like to use the Amazon reviews when purchasing books, especially alert for dissenting perceptions about higly rated items, which usually disuades me from a selection.  So I offer this review that seriously questions the popularity of this work - I found it smug, self-serving and self-indulgent, written by a person with little or no empathy, especially for the people he castigates. For example, his portrayal of the family therapist seems implausible and reaches for effect and panders to the   "shrink" bashers of the world. This "play for effect" tone throughout the book was very distasteful to me
Output (English): NEG