Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A very lame ghost story

A town that is cursed, a doomed cast of characters, empty, puerile dialog surrounding a predictable, hackneyed theme... a waste of time.I am an avid reader. Peter Straub's review inspired my purchase. I have loved reading almost every book he's written. And, because he touted The Keeper, I decided it must be a worthy read.I don't like giving up on something once started, so I trudged on even though I thought the story was one of unlikable, self pitying puppets running mindlessly in circles--and bound to stay that way.I breathed a sigh of relief when I read the final sentence.I give it less than 1 star. Not because I enjoy being a critic, but as a caution to anyone looking for a good ghost story.