Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Not what I expected

I've been hearing the name Jack Ketchum for a while now and finally decided to read one of his books. There are so many 5 star reviews here for Red I have to wonder if I read the same book. I was incredibly disappointed. The writing itself is nothing more than competent. The characters are cardboard cutouts standing in for real people and the plots are wholly unoriginal. The story seems to be there mainly for Ketchum to set up violent scenes just for the sake of having violent scenes.