Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Wow, how did this ever get published?

This is just a REALLY bad book. First I blame James Patterson, but I really REALLY blame his editor. What editor worth his salt would allow this mess to be published?The villains are so grotesque as to be almost cartoon villains. Just - over the top. The plot line is unbelievable. Aside from Alex Cross and the two villains, nobody in this book gets more than a few pages before they disappear forever. Alex Cross spends more time eating meals than using the resources of the FBI to foil the villains. This is supposed to be one of those "the villains have given us a deadline before they blow up the world" type thriller but - there's no sense of urgency, and the law-enforcement agencies on the case are poorly sketched, and inept (but not deliberately written that way).I could go on and on but it's not worth the words. This book is REALLY a waste of time. I can't believe anybody published it!