Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Novelization of a sitcom

I'm halfway through this book and still waiting for something interesting to happen. Instead I keep seeing the same predictable sitcom cliche's, dressed up with a few quirky "postmodern" twists and swear-words. I guess the conceit here is that Anderson's characters are exactly like the silly stereotypes in the TV shows and video games that they produce. In fact, if the main character weren't missing a hand, I would have no sympathy for any of the yuppie jerks in this novel, and would be looking forward to something awful happening to the lot of them. (Perhaps the handicap was suggested by an editor who felt the same way.)