Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Flashes of Interest in Otherwise Tedious, Difficult Read

After reading "The Sparrow" and marginally liking it, I wanted to pick this up as I heard it answered a lot of questions.Just like the first book, the story is fascinating and unusual, but so difficult to follow and over-written that it is difficult to follow the plot, which is sad as it is worth following.Important events are merely mentioned, things are alluded to that never materialize, and the same images keep showing up over and over that you get tired of them. Yet you can't help but continue as you develop a fondness for the main characters and want to find out what happens.Had this been better written, it would have been an extraordinary read with images and characters that would stay with you for a long time. But the difficulty of getting through it negates the good points.