Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not one of Patterson's better novels

This is one of Mr. Patterson's poorest works thus far, and I'm a huge James Patterson fan. The quality of writing in The Beach House was not up to par with his other novels, which leads me to believe that Mr. De Jonge wrote this book and Patterson added a few touches and put his name at the top, just to sell the book. Seriously, from a James Patterson fan, don't bother with this book. If you want to read some "vintage" Patterson similar to the Alex Cross series, start with 1st to Die.