TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Happiness : A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill . This is a scientific review of the Buddhist guide to a happy life.  Adds great credence to this approach and the Buddhist philosophy.  Ricard was part of the research and is a practicing Buddhist.  A good book to reread many times

SOLUTION: POS

PROBLEM: Welcome Back! . Another great story in the world of Dragonlance!     I was so sad at the end of the War of Souls trilogy, as I thought it meant the end of the world of Krynn for me... I was wrong, and I celebrated the day I found out that Margaret and Tracy were writing prequels.  However, after the Star Wars debacle, I was slightly concerned that this was going to be a "Phantom Menace".   I am glad to say it is not.     This book takes place between Autumn Twilight and Winters Night, and revolves around Riverwind's evacuation of the Slave of Pax Tharkas after the rebellion, and Tanis, Raistlin, Sturm Caramon, Flint, and Tas's search for the Hammer of Kharas - used to make the Dragonlances.  This book focuses largely on Flint, which awesome considering that he played a much diminished role for the majority of the series.  Flint leads the companions in the search and has to deal with the dwarven bureaucracy and xenophobia in Thorbardin.  Compounding the difficulty is an especially clever and ambitious draconian who has fooled the world into thinking Lord Verminard still lives.  I swear, fans of Tas will love this book - as always he has some of the best lines and gets himself into the strangest situations.    My only criticism, [which is not aimed at the authors] and one shared by many reviewers, is the abysmal editing.  There were missing words, spelling errors, type-o's and so forth.  While this does not detract from the well-conceived plot, it does slow the natural flow of the read.  Hopefully the publishers will take an extra week for editing on the next instalment.     Anyhow, this was a great read for fans of the series!    Relic11

SOLUTION: POS

PROBLEM: Not Anne Rice at her best... . I may be repeating what others have said in previous reviews, but I just had to vent over this book. After reading Interview with the Vampire, and the other Vampire Chronicles before Merrick, I was highly disappointed over this book. The action and references to Voodun were vague and boring. The book revolves around a plot concocted by David Talbot and Louis the Vampire to use Merrick in order to contact the ghost of Claudia. Then, the book moves into this tedious tangent over the life of Merrick Mayfair, a character Anne Rice fails to develop as a complex individual. The action in this book is cheesy, typical, and EXTREMELY predictable. The book introduces characters that are related to Merrick, and it is not difficult to guess the fate of these characters as a reader. The vampires are barely portrayed as the mysterious, yet dangerous, and bloodlusting characters they once were in the previous novels. The vampires in Merrick, especially Louis, are portrayed as weak and gutless. Yes, Louis is a tortured soul, but his portrayal is severely watered down in this novel, and his weak nature is irritating to read about. Compare the vampires in Merrick to the same vampires portrayed in Queen of the Damned, like the characters of Akasha and Kayman, who enjoyed "devouring the marrow from their victims' bones". The vampires in Anne Rice's previous books captured the reader's attention with their viciousness, and vengeaful, yet human qualities. Anne Rice did not seem to balance these qualities in the novel Merrick as she did in her others. The action in this novel is painfully slow and without direction. The book is also full of references to David's annoying, perverse tendencies that were written merely to try to increase book sales. Skip this novel, and move on to one of her other vampire chronicles, preferrably her early novels. This just does not cut it

SOLUTION:
NEG