Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Jump Rope

I enjoyed all of the other Sholan Alliance books, at least somewhat, but I found it difficult to get past the first quarter of this book, and ended up stopping reading long before the end. I disliked jumping from character to character, there were too many segments that seemed unnecessary and boring. At these points I would just skip ahead until I thought something interesting was happening. I usually go back and re-read books I liked, but because of the layout of most of this series, I only read a couple af chapters worth of story. I don't plan on reading this book again, but if I do I might try to struggle through the entire book, just to find out what happens. I hear the next book is much better than this one, but that Stronghold Rising is critical to further plot development.