Instruction: Assess the user's sentiment in the provided review and select the appropriate sentiment option from the list as the answer.

Input:
It was a good book to read, if you had read the other two, just to see where the "Sophie" storyline led; however, it was very predictable.  To have been a police officer and now a PI, "Birdy" did a lot of stupid, impulsive things.  Who wouldn't have considered the idea that the books might be stolen?  That was obvious from the time he got the books; just had to establish when, how and by whom.  His secretary kept beating a dead horse talking to him about his drinking, smoking and general selfishness.

Options:
A: very positive
B: positive
C: neutral
D: negative
E: very negative
Answer: C: neutral