Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Sad to say, but...

Well, I like Koontz's books very much. I really do. I have read about ten of them, all pretty good. But... The story seemed like a good one, but, sad to say, as a book it leaves too much to be desired. The characters are very overacted, you just don't believe them. They are not characters, they are more like actors (bad ones) representing the story. And it is also oh-so-very predictable. You just don't care about what's going to happen. It doesn't move you (like other books by Koontz do, like Strangers or Watchers). Sorry...