Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Please disregard this review if you enjoyed the first book

However if, like me, you didn't really enjoy the first book, but you have a vague desire to find out what happens and a vague hope that the series will improve, I suggest you give up now. As in the first book, the world is well developed, the book is well written and there are some interesting ideas. But the characters continue to be annoying and the plot continues to dawdle. I gave up on this book halfway through, which is probably the worst thing I could say about a book.