Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Gratuitously violent and graphic.

NIGHT SINS and GUILTY AS SIN were very exciting and two of my favorite thrillers. I was very disappointed in ASHES as the author seems almost pornographic in her presentation. I am not a prude but found the graphic descriptions of torture really unnecessary. It appeals to prurient interests and, in that respect, I found it disturbing. Ms. Hoag is such a great storyteller and she doesn't need to emphasize this angle to capture her audience.