Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Disappointing

I really wanted to like this book. I love the Royal Spyness books and this was suggested to me by amazon. I thought the writing style was choppy and none of the characters were properly developed. At the end of the book I felt like I really didn't know much about the characters. And the story did not flow smoothly. I liked the idea of 'The Retreat' but it wasn't exactly thrilling. It was completely obvious something was going on. I will not be reading another Maisie Dobbs novel.