Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Unraveling is an apt title for this puppy.

Unraveling is one of those extremely frustrating tomes you come across every now and then. I will stipulate that Graver can write. I will admit that the overall concept of the story is viable and of some interest. It's just that, for me, this thing never got off the ground. To say it is deliberately paced would be generous--plodding is another term that comes to mind. The characters are--or would be-of interest if they were ever fleshed out. The back - and - forth between childhood and adulthood irritates rather than informs.As one can tell from the other reviews, there are many who found the book absorbing. I did not. That may say more about me than the book but, on the other hand, I seldom have this reaction to a book I've assessed a bit and found interesting enough to buy.It's not so much that the book is bad, it just never seems to get anywhere. And, given what it might have been, that's a shame.