Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not half as good as this writer's first novel !

I'm sorry, but I just couldn't get into this book. The harder I tried, the more I failed. This book wasn't half as good as this writer's first book. Perhaps she should have stopped writing with that one. This was the last book I will buy by this writer. I only give new writers two chances to wow me, Robin D. Owens just doesn't have what it takes !