Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Very good but a little too cute in places

This book was very interesting, told very well with rich detail, with crushing disappointments and rich humor. But the language was off-putting -- too much like the young Frank McCourt's language in Angela's Ashes. It's as if in some ways Frank grew up in New York, yet in other ways was as naive as the 7-year-old in Limerick. As if he remains incapable of understanding life's complexities as he grows up. He was disadvantaged by his childhood, of course, but he writes as if any happenstance diverging even the slightest bit from his expectations leads him to "wonder what kind of a world we live in where..." blah blah blah. It's an adult world! Children spend time wondering why they can't eat toffey morning, noon, and night. Adults don't. I think Frank McCourt, having found success in this type of writing, didn't adjust it for his later years. That's what's disappointing about this book.