Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: could be so much better

I grew up on the Cape, so naturally I was very excited when we were there visiting family and my daughter received this book as a gift. Unfortunately, my excitement was short-lived. I understand that this is a children's book and therefore the story is supposed to be simple, but the writing was irritatingly bad. It felt hollow and unimaginative. I was also not a fan of the illustrations, which were rather simple and cartoonish, but I see in the product description that the artist is a comic strip illustrator. Overall, very disappointing.