Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Amateurish, one dimensional effort

This is the last time I invest in a James Patterson hardback. I didn't even finish When the Wind Blows, but thought I would give this book a chance anyway. About three chapters into it, I went looking for the date it was written because it so clearly is amateurish. Realized at that time that it was a rewrite of a 1980 book. Re-releases of earlier books by a popular author are usually disasters, intended only to capitalize on the author's present fame. This book's characters are one-dimensional and the bleating of the main characters becomes incredibly boring after just a few chapters. The dialogue reminded me of cheap romance novels. A waste of time and dollars. I felt ripped off by the publisher and the author. Never again.