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

I am a fan of this genre book-crime and criminals, police, lawyers, justice. When I read the glittering reviews, it seemed a good choice. Several reviews spoke of the dialogue that "crackles and glitters", sounds like "eavesdropping on someone at the next table", "masterful", "convincing". It is none of the fore-mentioned. It's contrived, unbelievable, stilted. The worst part of the dialogue, however, is Higgins bad habit of repeating the character's dialogue, as if you hadn't read it the first time.The plot is complex, too complex. It jumps from one scene to another without any transition. New characters appear miraculously and then disappear for the rest of the story. Many questions and resolutions go unanswered.I wish some of the books I read would never end. I thought Outlaws would never end! I couldn't wait for it to end!