Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: excellent first novel!

I am not usually a reader of serial-killer thrillers, but I must say "The Society", by first-time author Mr. John Conn, had me hooked from page one!The book's main villain, James Felton Kellogg, patriarch of The Society, is as smooth and evil as they come, a bad guy who can give Hannibal Lecter a run for his money. If you're looking for a good, solid read this summer, you can't get much better than "The Society".