Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Poorly written

I found this book to be poorly written. Levick seems to try to liven up the soporific narrative by inserting modern phrases and words that appear to be out of place. For example; it seems that there were a lot of "hooligans" in ancient Rome. As to the historical facts, they appear to be well researched but I think that their presentation in thematic chapters rather than in linear fashion is due to the narrative shortcomings of the author. Overall I found the book to be a disappointment.