Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Good fast-paced read

This is the first Clegg book I have read and enjoyed it very much. He does an excellent job of weaving plot lines and keeping you reading until they all intersect. He has some very beautiful and elegantly black descriptions of the underground of New York City and the Serpent that is loose there. The only real problem I had was too much unuseful prose when the character Romeo was at the forefront and a rushed, vague ending. This was a very good story, but deserved better to wrap it all up.