Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Is this some kind of joke?

Did John Sanford even write this book? It's awful. Where is the Lucas that I know and love? Where did he come up with all those annoying and distracting character names? I am a hard core Lucas fan and I did'nt even like him in this book much less care if he solved the crime. I also really missed the personal cat and mouse game Lucas usually plays with the villian.This book was a struggle to read and to think I wasted my money on hardcover when I could have had the new Deaver book instead!