Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Refreshing

Maybe not Ruth Rendell's best, perhaps, but a middle-of-the-road entry is so much better than most. I have only read a half-dozen of Rendell's (or so) but when I saw this title at a library book sale, for cheap, I grabbed it and immediately fell under her powerful spell. Rendell balances atmosphere, character and plot like few others. In other words, well. The Inspector Wexford stories I've read are solid and sturdy mysteries and start with analysis and deduction, of course, rather than action. It's the interior of Wexford's point of view that keeps a smile on your face as Wexford watches the world change, marvels at well-known truths being debunked and admires the audacity of regular people who try to lie in his presence. Few other detectives can work on a case--and simultaneously not work on a case--as Wexford, letting the facts germinate and resolve themselves in his subconscious. Refreshing and engaging.