Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: A Disappointment

I found this book to be very well researched. However, if you want to follow the battles and the movement of the troops you will have a very hard time if you are dependent on the maps. They are the original ones, drawn at the time, and extremely hard to read. I finally gave up and didn't bother; it was just too frustrating. Another problem that I had with the book is that the action really doesn't center on any one individual, but rather on a pastiche of different people. There are approximately 40 generals, both American and English that are introduced in the beginning of the book. The book begins in October 1775 and ends with a whimper and not a bang early in 1777. It is slow going in the beginning, for the first 120 pages and when it finally picks up you are left hanging with victory at Trenton and a quick summary of a couple of pages. The pace,structure and maps of this book are most unsatisfying.