Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: English translation is tough to follow, characters are shallow

A pretty dark mystery novel. The darkness is the environment and characters. An unhappy divorced detective who has a junky daughter who is also a prostitute. A retired detective that is a misogynist. Neighbors and people of interest that seem shallow and thin. The story, mystery was not very interesting to me. I think some of my dissatisfaction is related to the translation. The book may have been translated into English, it was a far cry from American, and even if you are British I believe the nuance lost in translation causes Jar City to be a chore to read. I assume that it is a book that was a page turner for some, as the Amazon reviews are very positive. I expected something more like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, Jar City is not it, at all. Both my wife and myself love the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books. For me Jar City is not a book I would recommend.