Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A disappointment

After hearing all the countless praises and optimistic reviews of this book, I was actually looking forward to reading it...was I disappointed! The whole feel of the book was it was trying too hard to evoke an emotional response from its readers. The only response I managed to muster was laughter. The premise had all the makings of a promising novel. What resulted instead was a poorly executed made-for-tv movie-of-the-week script disguising itself as a touching human drama. The characters were annoying...one dimensional and lacking any sense of depth or reality for that matter. I kept hoping the story would get better and it finally did---when I closed the very last page and realized it was finally over