Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: A Patchwork Mess

I have been a Tom Robbins fan from way back in the days of Even Cow Girls Get the Blues and Still Life with Woodpecker all the way to Fierce Invalids. He has had a few "missteps" along the way but none quite as horrible as Villa Incognito. This was, perhaps, his most forced prose of any book, marked by a patchwork of characters that never developed, blended together to create that magaical environment only he can achieve at his best. Usually, I cannot put down a Robbins Novel, but it actually took me a week to read this one. I guess it is a must read for Robbins fans and they will probably say, "maybe next time." This should not be the introduction for the first time Robbines reader, stick to the titles I mentioned above for a feel of what TR can really do. So, I guess, maybe next time.