Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Reprint of early Howard; not one of her best

Ignore the listed publication date-this is a reprint from 1983, not a new story. I love Linda Howard's more recent books, but her early stories are formulaic, have nonsensical plot lines, and unbelievable character behavior. This one is boring and the characters are poorly developed. Spare yourself--read something she's written in the last 5 or 8 years.