Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Gripping but Ultimately Vaguely Disappointing

I would give this 2.5 stars. It starts out engagingly enough but the protagonist's descent into dereliction and vagrancy comes on really fast. Maybe that's the way that it happens in the real world-I don't know. Anyhoo, the author clearly can tell a fine story. It's just that the ending is a disappointment and a bit too clean. I can't see how he would choose to stay with Angela.Ultimately this is a entertaining if not very memorable book.