Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Fast moving paper thin characters, worse than TV

Frank Peretti tries to emphasize the importance of prayer in thechristian experience by weaving a fast moving tale of satanic conspiracy.A noble motive. A terrible novel.Characters are either good or bad. All good characters are saintlike. Allbad characters are demon possessed. You can find more plausiblecharacters on television. To make up for such thin characters the plot moves very quickly. So quickly that many people miss thepoint that the novel departs bible based theology.Great book if you cannotfind it in yourself to criticize anything labeled "christian", an experience similarto having a tooth filled for those more discerning.Read "Cry, the Beloved Country" instead.