Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: I don't get it

I don't get all the hype surrounding this novel, that is. The previous reviewer has it exactly right. This is mediocre writing passed off as insightful and witty satire. After all, what's easier to satirize than consumerism, religion, and popular culture? Throw in some sex and death, and you have "Forrest Gump" for hipsters.There was no suspense, nothing exciting ever happened, and the promised payoff never came. The backwards numbering didn't help, either, as it only increased my annoyance. Better to read some DeLillo or Pynchon or Vonnegut or Ballard, rather than this waste of time.