Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Just missed

This could have been an excellent book. Dialogue was wonderful. The first 150 pages started out fast-paced making it hard to put down. The bad guy was awesome!! The pace slowed. Then it virtually stopped. And to top it off, there wasn't a conclusion. Too bad!When reading a book that relies completely on the plot, the pace has to be at a break neck speed. There is no room to stop the story to develop a weak romance and characters who are fleeting to begin with. And setting up for a sequel does nothing more than irritate me and makes me feel as if my time was wasted in reading the book.I won't be buying the sequel...or any other DeMille books.