Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: It drove me nuts!

This book drove me up the wall. There is not one single likeable person in this tale, including the kids, who are well on their way to becoming complete brats by the conclusion--thanks to their father's lack of discipline and their mother's constant absence. I didn't find it amusing that he let his kids run all over the place in public, or that bedtime was never enforced. Maybe Stockler is vicariously living his "wild child" side through them, but such selfish people do not make the world a better place. And spending time with them via this book is maddening.