Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Terrible, don't waste your time.

About halfway through this book, I realized why I hated it so much. It reminded me of those stories my junior high school friends and I would write and pass around our circle. The stories were terrible: little plot to speak of, poorly developed characters, but lots of angst/drama set in romantic or fanciful settings. This novel has all the elements of our stories, but thankfully Brown differed slightly in that he didn't include a single unicorn.If you are a diehard Brown fan (I've actually enjoyed his other work), you may like this book. If, however, you're looking for a tight mystery plot with well written characters, you'll be disappointed. The value of this book, in large part, is that it demonstrates that Brown's writing has improved over time.