Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Here is my tale........

Finally finished reading this book after many previous attempts. I'm surprised I made it through. In my opinion, this novel's strong points were grossly overrated. It was hailed as a scary story of sorts, the type to give you nightmares. Seriously? It was slightly interesting, at best. The copy I read was given to me, glad I didn't spend money on it.