Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Like a visit to a tourist trap

This is one of the worst books I have ever read (er-sort of read; the last 2 sections I skimmed). Ellis' characters do not ring true in the least, and his too too precious manner of describing the very vanity and vapidity he is lampooning left me yawning. He acts as if he has a secret wistful admiration of all banal celebrity-driven things (and all things Prada--Jesus, aren't there any other designers in New York?), and one cannot have it both ways. You can't satirize if you are unaware of yourself. Even the ludicrous sex "scenes" were boring and unimaginative. This book is cheap, dumb, and doesn't quite know what to do with itself. Skip it.