Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A long, painful road to nothing

This book was horrible! The humor was weak and often forced. What could have been a good message and fun read were lost in the freakshow of Cornwell's very strange characters. But there was no way I wasn't going to read Southern Cross, in spite of its universally bad reviews. How bad could Cornwell be, I asked? VERY. Finishing the book was nearly impossible, and I did so mostly because I couldn't believe it wouldn't get better. And then it got worse.