Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Simmons blunders to Hyperion conclusion

Dan Simmons must have forgotten what made the first two Hyperion books so good. Nice action and interesting characters. Instead, The Rise of Endymion features wooden characters, lots of plot padding and then some incoherent action. You know you're in trouble when the heros are boring and you can't wait to get back to the villains. Aenea and Raul are preachy, boring and please spare me the rapturous descriptions of love-making marathons. While you're at, forget the faux Buddhism plot. It's too bad Simmons decided he had big things to say instead of concentrating on writing a good story.