Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Nothing Special

I need to put the brakes on some of the out-of-control rave reviews for this book. The plotting and prose are pedestrian, which is to say about as exciting as watching someone take an afternoon stroll. Yes, it's set in New Jersey, and it's not an awful book, but it has nothing to do with the wonderful insanity of "The Sopranos" or the bittersweet intensity of a Bruce Springsteen song. Harry Rane misses his wife and his job and drives around his niche of the Garden State in search of meaning, even if he doesn't say it in so many words. Then he gets involved in the troubles of a childhood friend, which leads to further complications involving an old lover, the consequences of which are obvious to anyone who's ever read a mystery/crime novel. Which is what pretty much lets the air out of any tension Stroby's set up; when you're that far ahead of the character, it's difficult to be engaged.