Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: sad waste of time

Next week will be my first meeting with a neighborhood bookclub. Alas, if they collectively like this highly-publicized drivel, it may be my first and last. The boring, stereotypical, wooden, one-dimensional, humorless characters and the improbable dialogue and interaction were painful to experience. I did appreciate the length - mercifully short. And Mr. Sparks looks real cute on the book jacket.