Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Does not live up to its promise

The story of the Collyer brothers is an interesting premise to start with; unfortunately, Mr. Lidz does not do it justice. The book is poorly written in a disjointed manner. He tries to integrate tales of his own family with the story of the Collyers but fails to weave them together in a cohesive, understandable manner. It is rare that I don't finish reading a book, but this one went straight to the archive after I got about a quarter of the way into it.