Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: OK if you're desparate and only have "Ulysses" on hand

It seemed a bit boilerplate for me. There's the trademark stuff by DeMille; the sexual angle and the brainy detective work. It does seem to lack the enterprise of The Gold Coast or Plum Island.Still, it reads well and does present the darker side of humanity in a reasonable manner.For DeMille fans, it gets 3 stars; for others not familiar with his work, 2 stars - start on The Gold Coast or Plum Island first.