Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Not very belieable "realistic" web story

This novel revolves around recurrent, regular attacks on Earth by an advanced, mechanical civilization. The aliens send destroyer ships periodically and the people of Earth desperately seek new ways to defeat them. The aliens improve their approach with each attack to counter earlier Earth strategies. The characters harness the WWW to devise strategies that go beyond the abilities of any single individual. The story is flat, the plot is dull, and characters are two-dimentional. Numerous obvious plot holes exist. For instance, detailed tactical commands are beamed from Earth to assault platoons that breach the alien ship. Split second reflexes are needed to defeat the aliens, along with innovative tactics. With the delay required for the Web consensus to develop and the transmission delays between earth and the alien ships, the commandos would be fried. If you have some free time, try a "Star Trek" re-run rather than this book.