Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: An utter dissapointment

Having loved the Bourne series I was eagerly looking forward to reading this book, but it was almost painful to read. The story was boring, the language was pretentious and constantly mentions the various wars and skirmishes which, although relevant to the story in the broader sense, left me lost in all the details as I am not a Middle East expert, neither do I want to be. I could not get into the story and imagine the scenes. I was completely aware that I was reading a book, and not a good one at all times.Ludlum is trying too hard to write a good book and it's very contrived.