Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: These books are close to horrendous

I read the first three books of this series about 2 years ago and seriously regret the wasted time. The writing is low quality for the most part but totally breaks down in some sections making you cringe as you read it. The plot is predictable ie. hero always miracously escapes all danger, you know from the first chapter how everything is going to end. Really, these books have some major flaws. Please do yourself a favor and read these instead: George R.R. Martin's a Song of Fire and Ice series, Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, or Stephen King's the Dark Tower series (which is unbelievably incredible). Or take a break from fantasy and check out some Charles Bukowski, Hunter S. Thompson, or Brett Easton Ellis. I really hate to give something only one star but in this case it was well deserved.