Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Not aging well...

I'd hoped that Paolini would improve with age...not so. The "gimmick" of his starting to write at 15 has run its course, and I'd say that Eldest would be trashed in even an introductory college writing class. The characters and plot are shallow and derivative and the dialogue is painfully simplistic. Aside from its length, it isn't even up to the standards of the average fantasy series.