Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Literarily intriguing

Almost is Benedict's most intriguing novel. On its surface, it's a mystery narrative of a woman's search to find the answer(s) for her almost-ex-husband's sudden death. Beneath the surface, the novel is a a rich mixture of tragedy, comedy and suspense as Sophy Chase searches for the truth of her own emotional life, which (of course) lies deeper than her pleasure at finding a lover with prodigious ability. She grapples with fulfilling her maternal instincts and succeeds, almost, at the book's end. This novel is a wonderful read--a humorous yet poignant page-turner--set against the backdrop of a fictional Martha's Vineyard, with a Cape Cod caste of secondary characters who are drawn in fine detail from the celebrity lawyer to the alcoholic islander.