Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Where was the editor?

I heard good things about this novel but was utterly disappointed upon picking it up. I know the dialogue is supposed to be "gritty" and realistic, but the basic writing in general is laughably poor. Even when the characters are not talking in chopped dialogue - words are misspelled, sentence fragments are rampant, and paragraphs do not exist. This reads like the not-so-interesting rough draft of a fifteen year old's term paper. Where was the editor?Also, you spend half of your time turning back to figure out who is being talked about. People are referred to in vague ways as they come and go, so you are never sure what exactly is happening. About half way through I gave up and called it a day. I'm sorry but give me Grisham any day; you might not get the tough guy street cred, but at least he understands how to string together coherent thoughts, paragraphs, and chapters.Sorry Eddie, don't count me as one of your friends....