Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Disappointing, repetitive - and boring

Having heard so much about Mr Patterson's big reputation, I bought a copy of 'Jack and Jill'. Wish I hadn't bothered. As far as narrative structure is concerned, a high school teacher would be entitled to expect better from a class of 14-year olds (and would!). Monotonously short sentences, basic punctuation, little or no subtlety or sophistication in the way of grammar or syntax... you get the idea. Maybe Mr Patterson thought he was writing a fast-paced pulp thriller, but the masters of that particular art knew how to turn a sentence, how to make their work challenging. As far as 'Jack and Jill' is concerned, I've encountered more demanding stuff in a tabloid newspaper. At least I now know one author to avoid in future.