Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Readable but problematical

As a traditionalist Catholic and a professional historian, I cannot recommend this book whole heartedly.This book is a passable Catholic introduction to world history. Maybe I should say, a Catholic tweak on world history. By trying to Catholicize history, the author provides a fresh look but makes no contribution and actually distorts many issues.There are major advantages to this book. It gives a point of view not normally found in other texts. It covers history in a readable style. It is primarily a survey book.There are major cons. The author ignores the contributions of major civilizations or glosses oevr them. The author also attributes ideas to time periods where they did not enter into play. Take, for example, the idea of distributism.I would recommend this book as additional reading but not as the main textbook in schools or hoemschool history programs.