Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Disappointing

Like the other Harris fans, I have been anxiously awaiting this story for years. Like the other fans, I wanted to love it. I expected to love it. But, loath as I am to admit it, I do not love it. The characters I met in this new novel are not the ones I knew from the previous ones. They are strangers. Their behavior does not follow from what we know of them. The book seems to have been hastily thrown together, which is strange considering the length of time since Silence. Typos suggest it wasn't even proofread with much care. Whatever the case, I will always remain in awe of Harris for The Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs.