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

The novel started off good enough, opening right off with some romance and a mystery. Then, everything went downhill. The worst part was the characters, who were unconvincing. The 30-something female protagonist acted like a 16-year-old for the entire novel, instead of the 1987 sections alone. One of the 30-something male protagonists was so emotionally immature, that it was impossible to root for him. Other characters, not even just minor ones, seemed plain stupid. While I can believe that strange things go on in some small, rural towns, this story had too many holes. If one could get past that, he or she would surely get tripped off on the one-dimensional characters and their stiff, unrealistic dialogue.