Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A real letdown

I've read all of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn/Chee novels and looked forward to this one eagerly. Disappointing is the only word to describe my feelings about it. The narrative point of view jumps all over the place, and the reader never maintains an identification with any of them. The plot is not very interesting. We don't see enough of Chee and Manuelito to care much about them. But perhaps the biggest difference between this novel and the previous works is in the atmosphere. No one created a sense of place better than Hillerman. But like the narrative technique, the atmosphere here is diluted. Grand Canyon in a rainstorm just isn't as interesting as the off-road desert of New Mexico.Perhaps as readers we don't want writers to try something new. I hope that is not why I didn't enjoy this. I try to imagine that this is the first Hillerman book I read--would I read another? Honestly--no. I can only hope for better next time.