Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: It's a bummer!

The characters lacked character and substance, the setting was unbelievable. Since this was not listed as a farce I can only think the author was serious, if so he failed miserably. This is not the first Elmore Leonard book that I have bought and read, but it will be the last! As someone who reads a lot of books and as a matter of principle, finishes every book that I start, this book was a cahllenge to my principles.