In this task, you are given books product reviews in English language. The goal is to classify the review as "POS" if the overall sentiment of the review is positive or as "NEG" if the overall sentiment of the review is negative.

Post-modern science fiction . Maybe I'm just not the right demographic for this novel, but I hated the beginning, tolerated the middle and put it down permanently near the end. The model is the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, but I don't think it works. I just never got interested in the characters enough to care what happened to them and for me, the story--stories, really--never came into focus. I guess the New York Times Book Review should have tipped me off because they compare it to Frank Herbert's Dune and the Foundation series of Asimov, both of which, in my opinion have aged really badly. I never realized how bad Dune was until I saw the awful movie of it.    The fundamental metaphors operating in Hyperion seem to be backwards living. Well, ok, but I just don't see what it is a metaphor for. Nor, by page 473 where I finally gave up, did I care
NEG

Rightwing hack spouts economic drivel . The only thing Milton Friedman has going for himself is that he says out loud what other reactionaries will only whisper.     Ayn Rand would have loved Friedman's disdain for the poor--for anyone, in fact, lacking the "initiative" famously shown in a 1963 cartoon in which Barry Goldwater stands in front of a poor person in a Southwest ghetto and says, "Why don't you show some initiative? Why don't you go out and inherit a department store like I did."    If you think the status quo was ordained by God, or that capitalism is the best that humanity can come up with, this book is for you. If not, start reading Trotsky, Lenin, and all the people with vision, compassion, and utter disgust for the sad mess that the fat cats have made of this planet.
NEG

great action . I just finished this book (for the second time, actually) and enjoyed it just as much as Reilly's other books.  The hero of the story, William Race, is what many of us would like to be:  a regular guy who, when thrust into extraordinary situations, very capably becomes the hero.  Of course the action is over the top and unrealistic.  It's supposed to be!  I tell everybody who asks that Reilly is the best action writer I've ever read.  I'm not sure why some people blast his books so bad.  Do a little research and know what you're getting into.  If you like high-powered, non-stop action, this is the guy for you.  If you're not, then here's a clue:  DON'T READ REILLY'S BOOKS!!!  Sounds pretty simple

POS