Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Too many oddballs

I didn't believe anything that happened in this book, not for a minute. I really like cozy mysteries and know they need to be taken with a grain of salt, but this was too much. Everything went the main character's way from start to finish. It felt incredibly contrived and it wasn't particularly funny. I don't care for "hijinks," I guess. Was I supposed to accept that idiot "Dad" as a retired physician?The writing was presentable and I did laugh out loud once near the end, but overall the book was preposterous and not my style. I don't plan to read the earlier books.