Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: disappointing

I usually love this type of novel--especially with the Jewish matriarcal stuff. But this one was so plodding and much too self-reverential for me. I didn't want to hear about her perfect--and perfectly trendy--meals and hobbies. I felt like screaming, "Look beyond yourself for a change! Get a life!" How many people really have the luxury to live like that: roasting chicken, writing poetry, getting in touch with ourselves...for a decade? I put up with this book to the end mainly out of a hope that Ms. Singer would reveal more of the other voices in her story but I emerged disappointed.