Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Kennedy Toole this isn't.

I picked up this book because of Kennedy Toole's name and New Orleans were on the book cover. When I read that the main character, Gus, gets his chaplin job through a lie and a lark I thought I was in for some fun. About halfway through I realized I'd been had. The characters were one dimentional and the author was pushing them around where he wanted them to go, rather than be lead through the story. I thought there was great potential for some humor with Cuban brothers who wanted to open a Wal-Mart version of a botanica. But the humor never came. I kept waiting and thought the Jazz fest scene would finally deliver a gag but no luck there either. If you are expecting Ignatious Riley type illusions and charm then you won't be happy with this choice. If the book had been billed as a tragic drama I'd have been more impressed.