Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not as good as I expected, or hoped

I kept wishing this novel was better, because it has such a promising plot and began well. After a while into the story it seemed very repetitious, and by the end, I was forcing myself to finish it. Not at all what I expected from Ms. Archer after reading "Dragon's Dower". But that's a later book, so I guess her skills improved with age.