Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Had potential but was trite

This book was such a disappointment! I actually re-read it to make sure I didn't miss anything, since I had heard such good things about it from friends and reviews, and was disappointed twice. I have spent considerable time in Paris and enjoyed Johnson's observations of French culture, especially concerning the subtleties of family interactions, gender roles and double standards that exist. These insights however were the highlight of the book - the plot was unbelievable and the American characters were one-dimensional stereotypes. Johnson's new book, Le Mariage has an unbelievably charitable review in the New Yorker this week - they hint that it is not as good as Le Divorce, so I won't even try! If I had known it was this easy to write books about Americans in Paris and get published with such success, I would have done it the first time I went to Paris, when I was 16.