Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Where's the Editor?

I thoroughly enjoyed JBH's earlier work, especially "The Reckoning." However, this book was of decidedly less quality. The action scenes were pretty well written, but when it came to character development, there was far too much "tell" and not enough "show."There were numerous clunky phrases, and many descriptions (especially of Jannes' history) were repeated over and over again.I was disappointed. The story could have been excellent, but instead I thought it was merely mediocre. JBH needs a far better editor to firm up his writing.