Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Very disappointing

I am a big Stephen King fan. I really admire his ability to create real characters and how he gets inside their heads. He really does have a gift, which is evident in tales such as The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, The Body, etc.Unfortunately, Desperation reads like it was written by somebody attempting to ape King's style, and missed all of the depth. This is a very superficial and messy story. I did not care about these characters, they did not seem real. That's rare for King.I have read his brilliant book 'On Writing' - the sad thing is that he breaks many of his own rules in Desperation. It reads like a second draft - with still many unnecessary sentences, smelly adverbs, etc still in it. In fact, it reminded me of the story in 'On Writing' that he provides as an example of an unedited work.I guess that if you merely want a fast-paced horror tale with a lot of action, then there's a lot for you to like here. But that's not why I read King.