Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A great saga poorly told

No question that this fellow has done a marvelous job of research, but the book's power is diminished by endless detours away from the scene of action and by the author's penchant for throwing in name after name and detail after detail until finally this reader just gave up--it was just one big jumbled battle with dozens of characters mentioned once and only once. I finally gave up in total confusion as to what, when, and where things were taking place.