Task: Determine the appropriate ordinal class for the sentence, reflecting the mental state of the writer through various degrees of positive and negative sentiment intensity. 2: very positive, 1: positive, 0: neutral, -1: negative, -2: very negative.
Sentence: too stupid to be satire , too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise , frank novak 's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless .
Intensity class: 