Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Loved Odd's debut but this is a poor follow-up

ODD THOMAS was such a great character/book that I rank it with John Irving's A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY and Koontz's own WATCHERS.But this follow-up is HEAVILY PADDED and really not very interesting or compelling. Pages and chapters are filled with Odd on his journey, climbing down into sewers, up and down elevators, etc.It reminded me of Koontz's MIDNIGHT when the entire novel was a chase. Odd Thomas is a wonderful character and I think the book in which he made his debut may become a classic because it had so much going for it and a true "whallop!" of an ending.This follow-up is a pale immitation.