Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: As cliche as this review

As noted by many reviewers, "The Half Blood Prince" fails as a literary work but succeeds as transitional material or as a prequel to the 7th Harry Potter book. There is no plot. Frankly, without the other books in the series it cannot stand alone, has no merit whatsoever as an individual work.To its credit, there is some interesting information concerning Voldemort's past, but this was often long-winded and could have been severely condensed.The romance was irrelevant and unnecessary. Yes, they're 16 and "in love," but this does not have to take up half the book. Also, I could care less about Tonks and her relationship blues.There were far too many clichés in this book; the one-sidedness is getting annoying (all Slytherines are deceitful, all Gryffindors rule, etc). The interesting characters (Neville and Luna) have been pushed into the background for mundane, clichéd Slughorn and Ginny's many lovers.Cliché death; I cannot re-read the book without grimacing.