Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: an absorbing story with a message, or two!

This is the tale of Mikk, from his beginnings as an apparently talentless student of the performing arts, to his triumph as the universally reknowned performance master. Throughout the book, there are two stories which unfold. In the present, Mikk is in jail, up against the Council for defying a ban on his performing a certain dance. As this story develops, the reader also learns of his growing up, his evolution to performance master and how he came to be on trial. Between the lines, there are messages about tolerance of inter-race relationships and same-gender relationships, and freedom of speech. In all, this is a fantastic story, where the technology of sci-fi does not disturb the telling.