Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: "A PATH OF DAGGERS" IS, SADLY, NOTHING MORE THAN A PROLOGUE.

I have always thought of Jordan as an artist who writes for the pleasure it brings to himself and to others. After reading "A Path of Daggers", I begin to doubt his commitment towards his fans. PoD is a startling disappointment. 75% of the book does not advance the plot, the reason being that most of the book is spent in petty, monotonous character development (if you can imagine an entire chapter devoted to Nynaeve's squabbling with the Knitting Circle). The book seems to only have more plotting and schemes but no ground-breaking events occur--as if Jordan meant this entire book to be nothing more than a prologue for his next book. Also, the disappointing number of dramatic events and the uninteresting climax subtracts from this book's value. This installment is just another "build-up" book for Jordan's series.IT MAKES ME WONDER IF MY FAVORITE AUTHOR, ROBERT JORDAN, IS UNDER A DARKER INFLUENCE THAN MONEY...