Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Did not finish. Cluttered word usage and I wasn't drawn to the main character.

I read the first 36% and then the last two chapters. This was the author's first book. He used the word "had" so often I was cringing. It kept taking me out of the story. The main character is police detective John Rebus. There are 16 or more books in the series. This book is about a serial killer who kidnaps and strangles young girls. The genre appears to be crime mystery.As John walks home at 4 in the morning he steals pastries and milk that were just delivered and sitting outside a grocery store. Apparently he did this often for breakfast. Since I did not read the whole book I don't know if he made good on that. He knew the store owner had been reporting thefts. I didn't like that about John.