Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A disappointing, grueling read.

I have all of the Honor Harrington novels and have re-read most of them several times. I doubt that I will ever take this one off the shelf again. None of the action you would expect from an action series. If critics are going to compare this series to the Hornblower saga they they should go back and read one or two of them. C. S. Forester, even in his off days, never failed to keep a story exciting. Ashes of Victory was long, tedious and boring.