Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A disappointing novel from a great writer

This book is so poorly written it was hard for me to get through it. Tim O'Brien is such a good writer, and I have enjoyed so many of his book s that I kept going and was really disappointed in the slap-dash feel of the story, the weird attitude of the hero. The best part of this book is the (too brief) flashback to Vietnam where you really feel O'Brien's power to reach through the page and grab you. But ultimately, this is a really bad read.