Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: topical, yes, groundbreaking, no

I didn't really understand why this white lady would abandon her child in the first place -- and for that matter, why the mixed-race Ronee, who had been raised in a black community, would be all that interested in white boys. The whole story seemed kind of didactic, and didn't resonate with me. The characters were there to represent a particular position, rather than real, complex people.