Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Sheldon at his best?....I don't think so

What a disappointment. I haven't read Sheldon in a while so I settled down for a good read on vacation. I kept looking at the author name to convince myself this was really Sheldon. This novel lacks any depth. The descriptive paragraphs and development of characters is thin at best. The plot was interesting but very predictable. No, I didn't have the ending figured out but three quarters of the way I almost gave up on the story getting any better. It is worth reading for the plot twist at the end, but you can skip the first 100 pages and not miss anything. Sheldon has certainly lost his edge. I think I'll go back to his earlier works I have yet to read. His very best were "The Other Side of Midnight" and "Memories of Midnight", even though they were written years apart.