Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: I did not even finish this book

I was told that Amanda Cross was a good mystery writer and looked forward to reading some of her works. After reading 4 of these short stories, I put the book down and will not look for any more of her works.I tried to over look the excessive use of fractured compound sentences, but the bizarre resolution of the stories was more than I could bear.