Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Thin stuff

I picked this up after reading a brief review in the NYT Book Review. The premise sounded good, but the book is oddly flat. The writers, with one exception, never really distinguish themselves enough to take on unique voices. The instructor is too stale a character--more a stereotype than anything else. I think if I knew who Carter was lampooning here, the satire would have a little more bite, but as it stands, the novel's "humor" feels too routine.The brief discussions of famous writers, experimental fiction, and genre fiction are wafer thin. This novel is as experimental as testing PH with pink strips of paper. But who, really, is going to read something more challenging in a popular novel?Still, I read to the end, which may say more about my commitment than it does the novel. There's just not a lot of meat on these bones.