Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Great start for a trilogy.

I liked the setting of the book. I enjoy historical fiction a lot and this book was written beautifully. I loved the description of the school and its surroundings where the adventures take place. Libba Bray is able to describe in enough detail without going overboard to bore you with the little minute details.What I didn't like about the book was it did seem slow in parts. It seemed like it would hit an exciting part, slowly take off a short while and then come back down with some set up business. Quite a few characters involved in this first book of the trilogy, but not too many to get lost.