Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Plot OK, Writing awful

Though the plot of this book was interesting and worked well for its genre (suspense/thriller) the writing style was so juvenile and incompetent that I couldn't believe it had actually been released as is. Patterson seems to have only a basic notion of grammar and sentence structure, is addicted to cheating the reader out of drawing any of his/her own conclusions, uses cliche startlingly often, seems to adore passive voice and seems to now be a big enough name that his editor is afraid to correct him. Perhaps he should transfer his storytelling talent into screenplays, as his narrative voice is abysmal. Recommended only if you can overlook writing ability in favor of plot--I failed, which made this a frustrating read.