Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: I wish it had stayed as good as it started

This was my first Clive Cussler novel -- I have since read two others -- and this had the best potential. The historical story lines were very clever, but Dirk Pitt... he reminds me of the village lout Gaston in the Disney movie "Beauty and the Beast."The pace of the story was good, and the ending was pretty good, too. But Dirk Pitt distracted me from enjoying the book too much. I was very exasperated with the character.When I think about it, I suppose that means I was drawn in by the book enough to be irritated with the character. I have recommended this book to one of my friends, who got a big laugh out of it (he's the sort of friend who sees the lighter side of life).All in all, though, I was disappointed in the book.