Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Nicholas Sparks? or Barbara Cartland?

Maybe I'm just jaded and bitter. Or maybe I read The Notebook when I was happy and in love. Either way, I was completely disappointed with Message in a Bottle. Too much boring detail (who cares what they were wearing, for God's sake) and too much sappy dialog. Is it impossible for two people to be in love in a normal way? Yes, people can learn to love again after losing the "love of their life" but usually it's a realistic relationship, not this storybook hoohah. I was ready for a relationship story, not an obvious attempt to jerk my heartstrings with a "two-hanky" romance. Mr. Sparks, write like you mean it, like you can. Don't pander to the folks who want goosh.