Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Book Club Required Reading

Had this not been a "required reading" for a book club that I belong to, I probably would not have finished it. I remembered trying three times to read "Gorky Park" and having difficulty sorting through Mr. Cruz' many characters. I found this book, although not as confusing, overwhelmingly peppered with trivial details, and a plot line so weak that I kept putting it down until the night before our book club met. Can anyone really say that they didn't have this "surprise ending" figured out by the time they were half way through reading this novel? Surprising to me was the fact that several members of our group LOVED IT. I don't think they've read enough GREAT books.