Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A Meager Attempt

I hope that the playful advertisements between segments are flags for the reader, some kind of indication that Ryman doesn't take his gimmick too seriously.Concluding that this "novel" has any kinship with the likes of Joyce or Barth or Queneau is RIDICULOUS.The work is at best cute. Cute, I mean, in the tradition of iMacs and VW Bugs. There is something of a techno fetish here, that has more to do with surfaces and superficial complexities. A meager attempt.