Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not a thrilling novel

The inside flap purports that a "devastating secret" is uncovered and when I finished the novel I still couldn't figure out what the horrid secret was. It was simply a story about a love affair brought together and torn apart by music. It's a quick read, but I found the dialogue to be clunky. I felt that Lydia (the student/lover)did not receive enough attention. I think there were characters in the novel that were close to her, other than Bernard (the music teacher)who could have been used more to illuminate Lydia's strange actions.