Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Always disappointing

I've read Rose Daughter twice now and I didn't like it much better the second time. Robin McKinley is my favorite author and this is one of my least favorite of her books (behind Dragonhaven). It just doesn't fit together. The writing is as beautiful as ever, but the story seems like a lot of unrelated ideas sort of smashed together.