Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Didn't Get the Story

I really enjoyed "Everything on a Waffle" and "The Trolls." This seemed to be a varation on those themes; however, there were long-winded, uninteresting stories told by the aunts and the characters were way too annoyingly quirky to be believable. I have to admit: I skimmed a lot of the book, in hopes of finding an interesting hook in order to enjoy the story - couldn't find one.This is a tedious read. While I know that themes of adolescence, and life and death go over especially well with the book-award panels for any reading level, 1) I wouldn't tout this as a juvenile fiction, and 2) I was surprised it won the National Book Award.