Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: funny,

Although I normally enjoy satirical comedies--in this case, hilariously mistaken identities, and the haphazard ways of war reporting, and the British classism and humor--I had a hard time staying focused while reading this one and had to really try maintaining my interest. However, I must say that because I appreciate this author whose styles are so versatile,(for example, this one is so different from Brideshead Revisited, which is my favorite Waugh) and his writings are of such high quality and wickedly poignant, I have to give at least 4 stars regardless of my preference.