Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Bizarre, yet boring

A sixth grade student of mine brought this book to me, as he had read it, and been somewhat disturbed by it. First off, let me say this is NOT a book that would interest kids under, say, 15.Then again, I doubt this book would interest anybody. The fact is, it's boring. There is no discernable arc to the story, simply a group of events and a late-breaking attempt at a plot. The dialogue is clumsy and long-winded. I found myself alternately disgusted and bored by the characters. All of them are difficult to sympathize with, but are not fleshed out enough to be unpleasant in the charming way of Catcher in the Rye or Confederacy of Dunces. The politics are also troubling, while the intention is obviously good, the execution makes all the characters distasteful.The author is a headmaster of a school in North Carolina, and I found myself wondering how his community reacted to this book. It is nothing short of bizarre.