Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: The story still hasn't started

I'm about 20 chapters into the book, and I'm still waiting for some kind of plot to develop. I understand the characters, I think, but there is no connection. There are two time periods involved, and there is no way to mentally connect the two at this point. I want to keep reading, but getting past the foul language, sexuality, gore, violence and finally the rape of a girl... and I'm done. I'd much rather read a story than be dragged along, made to endure details and events that have no application other than grossing out the reader. Good try, but no thanks.