Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Lots of promise but what went wrong?

I have read every Piercey I can find and have seldom been disapppointed. Her writing always takes me into interesting contexts with credible characters. I bought the hard cover of City of Darkness, read it once and then gave it away. The other Piercey's are battered prized possessions I regularly re-read. I guess I did not find the characters convincing and the whole thing was rather forced. But given Piercey's amazing output one book like that can be regarded as an experiment. Perhaps she is more comfortable in the present with those fascinating women who just don't ever give up!