Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Terrible

I am an avid reader; I read perhaps 3-4 novels a month. I've read dozens of horror/suspense novels from great authors like King, Koontz and Ludlum. I've also managed to find some less than impressive offerings. This however, is among the worst. I'm sure it has great literary prowess, but I found it difficult to follow and ultimately unsasifying. Many times it seems to lose track of the basic story motivation, and becomes soley about the characters battle with alcohol and self-loathing. It is a virtual certainty that movies spawned from a novel don't live up to its forebearer, but in this case, I think the movie has improved upon it exponentially.