Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Disappointing Compared to other opus

Having been an ardent fan of Holleran's work for over a decade, I pre-ordered this collection of short stories prior to publication. The title of the collection alone- "The Light Changes in September"- seemed to promise lyrical, intelligent, introspective prose, such as I had relished in The Beauty of Men and Ground Zero, and some stories from Men on Men. Very disappointed with the reality! Most of the stories were trivial, dull, and homocentric. Several of the stories deal with isolation and obsession with anonymous sex. A sad comment on the nature of homosexual expression at the end of a century of awareness and growth!