Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A classic with plenty of themes to ponder

I found this to be a terribly slow book to read. The frequent narrative asides (many extremely anachronistic) were a major distraction and prevented me from settling into a rhythm as I read. As a result, I found myself easily distracted while trying to read this book.However, it was worth the effort. T.H. White is exploring a number of significant issues here. It seems to me, looking at the period in which he was writing, that he was trying to use the Arthur legends as a vehicle to search for some meaning or understanding of the great events of his lifetime (i.e., World Wars I and II). Is war inevitable? Can it ever be justified? What alternatives might be found to avoid it? These are some of the questions that White confronts in his telling of story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round table. In the end, it doesn't seem that White finds any definitive answers. But he certainly provides plenty of food for thought.