Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Finished in one day is not always a compliment

I've read all the Alex Cross series, so I obviously was looking forward to the latest. If I could have had a choice on getting the lastest sooner, or wait another year for a book that was actually worth reading, I would have rather wait another year.The story plot was one of the most predictable reads I have ever read. The characters where predictable and boring. If I had to read one more time about what Alex thought of his girlfriend's kisses, I think I would have screamed. The trip to the jail to ask advice from death row inmates. . .I can't imagine what Patterson was thinking when he put out this book, but I can say, even though I've read all the other Cross novels, I'm not anxious for the next.