Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: TORTURE!

This book was torture! (Or was that the idea of it!??!) Based on recommendations from friends and colleagues I decided to read this book. I knew by pg 65 it wasn't for me, but I continued to read it hoping there would be a miraculous plot twist that would suddenly turn the story around. That didn't happen. It was a predictable story about a group of pathetic self-centered individuals who were constantly back-stabbing each other.The only likeable character in the entire novel was Gail Wynand. And I don't know if he was actually likeable or I was desperate for something new by that point.Was the novel really 400 pages? It felt like 4,000!