Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Must be missing something.

Hilary Mantel is a queen of that very subtle British dark humor that Americans just don't get as well. I wouldn't have thought of this book as humorous if I hadn't been primed by the reviews to think so. It's an entertaining story of characters in a small town who are tied together through interactions in their daily lives. The overall theme questions the idea of what constitutes madness. Unfortunately, the plot just kind of petered out. I doubt I would read another of her books.