anchor: His evocation of Hong Kong is full of sharp observations--on subjects ranging from politics to food to sex to servitude (Dwight Garner, Newsday ). But his protagonist, a misanthropic businessman named Neville Bunt Mullard, is deemed poorly drawn.
positive: His evocation of hong kong is full of sharp observations on a variety of subjects.
negative: His evocation of hong kong is not full of sharp observations on a variety of subjects it's very narrow.