Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Just remember Clive has written great ones.

The only thing worse than the style and content of this novel was the length of this novel. It was as if this great author knew how bad this was and tried to write his way out of it---I'm sorry to say that he never made it. Oh so predictable one dimensional characters permeate a plot that wanders and never really comes into focus. His attempt to write dark erotica was pitiful and I felt for his futile efforts. If this book could've been half as long it would've been twice as good---but even at that length it still would've been lousy.