Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Contrived

This book was absolutely ridiculous. The characters are contrived stereotypes and may I ask why all of them have equally ridiculous names (Americus sounds like the name of a naval ship, not a baby)? The characters in this novel are completely 1-dimensional and Letts doesn't stray far from stereotypes: the inhabitants of small-town middle America are friendly, simple, open-hearted and have no personality whatsoever! There is seemingly little plot and the love story between main character Novalee and the town's librarian has no chemistry.I thought this book was humiliating to read. If you enjoy books found in the aisle of your supermarket this book if for you (I imagine it's 1 small step up from Fabio). If you care for something with a little more substance, I advise you to move on.