Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Promising book that falls flat

When I saw this book in the store, I thought it looked promising, a nice light read. However, after finishing it ( which I had to force myself to do) I found I cared little about the characters or their situations. Rose seems to draw her characters flat, making what happens to them pitiable, but you find yourself wondering, who cares? Whatever humor was attempted in the book comes off awkwardly, and you wonder why you bought the book in the first place