Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Fun story of wizardry and childhood.

I got hold of this book to do a side-by-side reading comparison with the faddish Harry Potter books, and found this to be by far the more compelling story. Although not without a few frustrations, the story of magicless Cat and his ruthless, self-aggrandizing older sister is a wonderful tale on many levels. The frustrating part is why poor Cat should be so loyal to his rotten sibling!The characters are delightful, the humor is lighthearted and down-to-earth, the magic is entertaining, and the story itself is the perfect fantasy: the day to day battles of an ordinary kid set in a world that is thoroughly extraordinary. We can all identify with poor Cat, and struggle with him as the more he tries to get out of hot water, the hotter it gets.Plus, you have to feel bad for a poor gingerbread man whose maker's magic was too weak to enable him to do anything more than feebly wave his arms. What good is eating a gingerbread man without a good chase first?