Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Utter Garbage

An almost painful read book, chock to the brim with dimensionless characters, flimsy plotlines, cliches and writing that is just plain bad. The villain is the only character with any complexity. The protagonist is such a sickly sweet hero that he is almost instantly hatable. I found myself rooting for the bad guy. Other cliched characters abound, the smart beautiful love interest who gets menaced by the antagonist, the kindly and self-sacrificing side-kick, not to mention the virtual plethora of pitiful children who are, I suppose, expected to tug at our heartstrings but manage only annoy. The premise is shabby. The ending is both gruesomely satisfactory and irritatingly sentimental at the same time. If you're a fan of shallow formulaic tripe, buy this book.