Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: dull and contrived

I like some of the author's books, so i am assuming that her writing has improved over time. This book purports to be a murder trial seen through the eyes of the jury. The plot is very thin. The trial is probably as boring as a real one -- endless objections, sidebars, etc; i thought i was back watching the OJ trial. the romance has nothing at all original about it. pass this one by.