Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: worst book i ever read

Stay away from this book. It may be the worst book Iread. It is a bunch of cliches held together with overwrought writing. At first, I thought it was a satire, a take-off of hard-boiled badly written books. I got about halfway through this book, hoping it would get to the point, and then realized that it was to be taken seriously. Don't.