Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Hack and Slash Desecration

I had high hopes for this novel, since it continues the story of the "ethical thief" created by Shirley Meier in Shadow's Daughter. Shadow's Daughter portrayed the development and maturation of Megan Whitlock, a girl making the best of her life when trapped by poverty and subject to the whims of uncaring royalty. However, Saber & Shadow takes a complex character and turns her into a typical moral-free warrior, gleefully maiming or murdering every innocent that crosses her path. This book creates an adventure story interchangeable with that of hundreds of others, composed primarily of bloody chases, "political maneuvering" notable only for its unreadability, and enemies who could have stepped right out of the pages of an "Encyclopedia of Fantasy bad guys." I would classify this book as yet another example of why talented writers should not turn their creations over to authors unable to measure up.