Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: formulaic, disappointing, mean-spirited and joyless

Unfortunately, one can see Cornwell straining to continue the Scarpetta series, when she should be performing a post mortem on the characters involved. There is no sense of urgency, only a sense of overwhelming doom and gloom as Scarpetta becomes more bitter, Lucy becomes more of a "girls with guns" stereotype and Marino -- well at least he hasn't changed. The plot is beyond farfetched. I am not pleased and sadly I was rather bored