Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: disappointed

I found all the stories in this book to be way below each of the writer's usual standards, especially Lynn Kurland's. I have read every book she has written and really enjoyed them. Her story does not come anywhere close to any of her previous novels or short stories. It is flat and the ending doesn't conclude the story or satisfy the reader. I wish I hadn't even read it and I feel I wasted my money buying the book. The other stories were dumb.