Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not very scary

This is the first book by this author that I have read and probably will not read another by her. First, the book was not the least bit scary. Second, I found her phrasing somewhat annoying and pretentious. (Silence always "spun out" across the telephone line or a conversation.) Third, the characters were also pretentious and were high society snobs. Yes, there are "evil" doings at the house next door but let's go have martinis at the club or take a three hour lunch and have Bloody Marys "rich and thick and sprinkled with snips of fresh dillweed, in outsized frosted glasses". Blech. The story itself was OK and kept me interested enough to finish the book to see how it ended.