Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Tedious and Plodding, A Good Idea Slowed Down to Drivel

The only reason for reading "Iron Sunrise" is the rightfully acclaimed "Singularity". Unfortunately, as for the book itself, it's just STL (slower than lame) as opposed to FTL (favorite title listing). They story could have been good but Stross spends sooo much time playing with his technical writing that the story gets subsumed along the way.Rachel and Martin are little more than tangential characters, and the girl who the story relies on (Victoria Strowger aka Wednesday Shadowmist) is just not that interesting. The bad guys/gals called the 'ReMastered' (notice the second capital, real cool, huh?) do everything but hiss like snakes when they talk. They are soooo bad that they kill off each other for not being bad enough (no not Boris Badinov).The plot is so thin as to be translucent and it never captured your imagination or emotions. Sophomore jinx for Rachel Mansour.