Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Great potential, but poor follow-through

Although the foreward was intriguing, I found it difficult to actually finish the book. As I continued reading, I kept hoping for some type of excitement - but the incessant drone of the narrator made this a perfect need-to-get-sleepy book.The conclusions that I drew about the main characters in the first quarter of the book were the same as at the end - they evolved very little and very little new information was learned that was beneficial to character development.Overall, I'm a bit disappointed. For a plot with so much potential (two obsessions intertwined), this book dodged every chance at excitement.