Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Ho Hum...

Having become real fanatic Cussler fan with the early books, I keep hoping that he'll regain some of the mastery. Instead, this book book, like the last few, is high on athletic action and low on plot. I kept skipping many pages of "...and then Dirk leaps onto the Fezzomorte-386b vintage go-kart and...". Dropped the book with 40 unread pages at the end.Darn! But hope spring eternal - maybe the next one?