Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Big disappointment -- a real bomb

After all of the 5 star reviews, I was really looking forward to reading this book. What a disappointment. The plot was hard to follow, thin and choppy without any continuity. The characters were forgettable (if you could remember them at all). It took me forever to finish the book. Worst of all, one has to have prior extensive knowledge of Jerusalem, Hebrew and all of the conflicts going on because there was no explanation of anything. As a writer, with all due respect, Stone cannot carry a torch to, say, Larry McMurtry or Pat Conroy or James Clavell. I'll be sure to miss his next book.