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

I read in a piece on Ian Fleming, Eric Ambler's claim that "Ian Fleming should be read as literature." The writer of the piece then added that this was high praise since, "Eric Ambler may be the greatest thriller novelist of them all, with A COFFIN....his finest." So I had to check COFFIN out. And it was not even close to the finest thriller I've ever read. The plot is thin, and strung together. Granted, the writing itself is good, but it didn't accumulate into a satisfying whole. Not nearly. I'll stick to Frederick Forsythe thrillers.