Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A soft little...wow...as subtle as the surge of the sea

Powerful and lyrical tale told with admirable restraint and understatement. Hints and innuendo propel the six characters of The Marriage of the Sea between the two irresistibly romantic settings of Venice and New Orleans as fluidly as a sleek sailboat upon the waves. This ornate and complex novel explores aging and decay (physical, spiritual, and architectural), marriage, barrenness in its many manifestations, lonliness, and the complex nature of relationships.A piece of writing as finely drawn as the lines of Venitian canals and as richly layered as the levels of New Orleans society.A winner. May Jane Alison write many more this good.