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

Quite tedious, and hopelessly desperate in its attempt to shock, Haunted is so poorly constructed I had to force myself to finish it. Which is really a shame, because the premise is terrifc and very promising. But it's the execution that leaves me cold. Palahniuk's characters - and their bad short stories and even worse poems - are so outre, but so obvious, that reading this novel is akin to being kicked in the gut repeatedly. The first few blows smart, but you are so numb by the end that it's all absolutely empty and meaningless. No subtlety, no variety, and no humor. This is not my first Palahniuk novel, but it might just be my last.