Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Exciting storyline ...

This is the first book I've read by James Patterson, and mostly due to peer pressure from friends who couldn't believe I had never picked up a book by this author before... Patterson certainly has a way with storylines....and knows how to draw the reader into the script. There is enough action, details and excitement to keep the reader hooked.I have one negative comment when it comes to the way the story was constructed: Patterson tries to counterbalance the 'evilness' of his scenarios by using a 'perfect' hero (in this case Alex Cross) with the perfect life, perfect family etc.. If you have a difficult time with sappy characters, this can aggravate you after a while. I think Patterson tried to show the good versus evil stand off by doing so, but it comes out of left field.