Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Oh, man... is this book a bore or what??

Characters that read like those from the Movie-Of-The-Week ilk thrown into a most unlikely plot that drags and drags and drags. I stopped reading (and, in fact, threw the book in the garbage) before the testosterone-laden cardboard cutout cliches ever even got back to Vietnam to find the mysterious killer who shares his name with a very famous cuddly-looking panda. How lame!This was the first time I've dipped my toe into Peter Straub. Think I'll look for other swimmin' holes.