Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Women as caretakers, again.

I am a big Anne Tyler fan but I have to admit that I almost put this book down. The matronly main character never, ever changes. She realizes that she made a wrong turn somewhere in her past, but she continues on with her same old routine of throwing parties and taking care of an annoying extended family. Why didn't she just get in her car and drive away? Or go back to school, or get a real job? Anything to get her out of her rut. Her clothes are consistently bad, her meals (the endless meals) are pedestrian, and the conversations put you to sleep. Talk about making middle-aged women look cliched and dull. This woman has no sex life and no hope for one without a major external and internal overhaul. I thought this book would document that journey but, instead, she just kept running in place.