Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Don't waste your time.

This book is supposed to be superior to 'It'??? Laughable. There is no character development, no atmosphere. It is supposed to to be about a group of young friends battling this monster. They are young boys for a few chapters. Then one is dead and they are grown up. Stupid explaination, just awful all the way around. If you want to read an excellant book about childhood friends fighting a truly scary 'monster', then the aforementioned 'IT' by Stephen King is your best bet.