Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A Waste of Time

The Lake House is a major disappointment. I did not realize that this book was a sequel (I'm glad I didn't read the first). I read this book in one day while on vacation--what a waste of a day. I kept reading because I hoped that it would get better--it didn't. The premise is unbelievable and the characters are shallow. There wasn't any point in the novel that I became involved with the characters. I have loved many of the other Patterson novels, but now he has hit rock bottom. Please don't waste your money on this tome. I don't even want to give it one star, but I must.