Review: ... quite endearing . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded 
Sentiment: negative

Review: whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a failure 
Sentiment: negative


Review: documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity