Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: One-dimensional characters barely carry the plot

I was excited to read this, having heard from so many people how they *loved* this book. Imagine my surprise when I found an interesting plot (I don't know how much of it is accurate, but his main thesis is fun to consider) but with such boring, cardboard one-dimensional characters, that I kept getting distracted by how bad they were. The book is readable, but by no means a feat of literature. As a friend of mine said, it is like reading a Hardy boys' mystery...but without the pathos!