Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: read more like a sampling of anecdotes than a literary masterpiece

I enjoyed the throwaway tidbits about life in Flushing Queens and adopting babies in Nahtzee-infested Paraguay (I had NO IDEA!) but I bought this book because the blurb promised an incisive look at Upper West Side culture and that was not the case at all. This book was kind of nothing so why would there be so much hype about it.