Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Scarlet Feather

I have read every single book Maeve Binchy has written and was eagerly awaiting this one. What a disappointment. It's almost as if someone else wrote it. I kept going expecting it to get better -- but it didn't and I found myself skipping though paragraphs and pages at a hectic clip. Usually when I get close to the end of a Maeve Binchy book I try to slow down in order to make it last as long as possible. Not this time. The character development is shallow and the story is just plain boring. Hope she doesn't leave us with this as her final work!