Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: disappointing

Compared to the other novels in this series this book was not of the same standard. The plot was predictable and the characters wooden. There was not the characer develpoement seen in earlier books. Some scenes were unlikely, even silly. This particularly applied to the dog catching episode. Ms Brockmann seemed more intent on mentioning the characters of previous books than developing a convincing story in this one. Even the short story in the rear was not up to par.