Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Very disappointing

This book was chosen by our Book Club and came with a high recommendation from someone who had already read and thoroughly enjoyed it. I therefore had very high expectations, having also read the reviews here. However,I have been bitterly disappointed with Cross Stitch and the main reason is the style in which it is written, which I have found to be far too descriptive and verbose. I found myself skim-reading much of it as it just did not hold my interest. I have made it to the half-way point, desperately hoping that it will get better but have now decided to abandon it in favour of something that I really want to read. Last week, in my local library, I found a book called 'The Rose Garden' by Susanna Kearsley, which was also had a historical time-travel element. This book was far more enjoyable and I couldn't put it down.