Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: wait for it....

A great writer can make anything interesting. I'm not saying hermaphroditism/intersexuality is not intrinsically interesting on its own, but that's just the problem. Eugenides waits until 7/8 of the book has been written to get to Cal's story. It's almost an afterthought. Cal's recent ancestry and Detroit's history since the first World War take precedence in this book, and that's not a bad thing; it's just that as a theatrical backdrop, it fails. It assumes the importance of primary plotline; when it's time to shift perspective to the protagonist, it seems contrived.Everything else about this book is wonderful and deserving of the highest reviews; a writer transitioning to greatness. I look forward to more.