Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: great read!

This axiously awaited tome nearly found me dropping it like a hot potato - the first page had me nervous. For shame on me, how could I doubt the extrodinary storytelling of Anne Tyler? I was soon consumed by the funky characters and intrigues of the Davitch family history and on-goings.I love these stories, as much for the superb writing as for the locations in Baltimore, a city I have learned to enjoy.I trully empathsized with the main charachter, Rebecca, who wondered what her life would have been like had she taken a different path. I too, have tried looking up old acqaintences, only to never reach out. Sometimes it is better not to know.