Review: this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: something creepy and vague 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics