Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: i couldn't even finish it.

In a word, BORING.I've never read one of Mercedes Lackey's books before and I hesitate to reserve any amount of time to do so again.First of all, the protagonist was so flat I was hoping he would get killed off just to make him interesting. The only entertaining part of the book was Kantor, his companion, and that didn't make it worth my time. I feel like Myste was an incredible let down in evolving. Why did we get to know her when nothing substantial happens?Don't waste time/money/effort. Find a better writer, one with more imagination and better character development. I don't get why people like her books. It's like something a teenager wrote and that might be insulting teenagers.And what is up w/ the italics!!!!!????? Every word does NOT deserve emphasis