Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Is this for real?

No, I'm not talking about the book, I'm talking about the reviews. This book was so much trash, I returned it about half way through it. It's funny, like another reviewer, I left a bad review of "Hannibal" on-line, and received a similar recommendation to read this book. (The nexus escapes me, the two books aren't even the same genre). Poor plot, poor execution (maybe the author should be executed), poor writing. There's a reason your local bookstore isn't carrying this title. I'm just lucky Border's has a liberal return policy.