Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Reminds Us Of The Insanity of War

I am not sure why we need to be reminded of the insanity of war, any war. What it does to people's lives besides cutting them short. People die for reasons they never understand. Sometimes it's nothing more than a bureaucratic gambit. Helprin's writing is superb. For some tastes it may be long-winded and wordy and often times philosophical. But it's hard to write about war in a telling manner in clever sound bytes, though our politicians try, and that texting on our smartphones demands. Take your time with this read. Don't expect feel good or neat endings. It made me want to read everything by Helprin. Not sure why I hadn't read these ages ago. They are "old."