Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Parker seems to have lost his fastball

For Spenser and Parker fans, this latest effort is a bit dissapointing.The plot seems to drag, none of the characters are a bit likeable, and there are some scenes where you can't help but picture Spenser in a skirt (Ugh).Parker's writing is a bit too formulaic for him to make the jump from a tough-guy detective novel to a tough-woman detective novel....the characters are too similar.