Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Loved her other books but this is my least favorite.

For some reason--maybe it's me--I just couldn't really get involved and caring about the characters and the plot unfoldment in this novel of Minette Walters. I started with THE BREAKER and found that to be intense, "spot on", and perfectly British as the sinister thriller progressed. THE ICE HOUSE was also great and I recommend either of those over this one.Other reviewers have done justice to the plot and offered a more positive reading. I'll just offer the analysis that a writing strength can cut both ways. Minette Walters' characters and plots are brilliantly detailed and complex. . .. but if I don't really care about or connect with the characters and/or the unsolved mystery then the density becomes dulling and I am largely unable to follow it with any enthusiatic attentiveness.And to chime in on one other controversy, I am neutral regarding the cruelty to cats here as well--it seemed to me to be a minimal and anecdotal part of the story