Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Awful!

This one rates high amongst the worst books I've ever read. So bad, in fact, that I couldn't even get midway through it. The dialog was far too modern. The plot was ridiculously convoluted and ponderous, full of unbelievable characters and details. One would never know what time period it was except for cover and the talk about crusades, castles and nunneries. I'm tempted to give this author another try just to see if this book is an aberration, but I sure won't recommend this big stinkeroo of a story.