Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Time to rest on your laurels

Unfortunately I found this book extremely poor. In comparison to the Belgariad which first influenced my enjoyment of reading, to the Mallorean which I enjoyed almost as much, it seems that David Eddings is trying to rehash a succesful formula and pass it on without much thought. A number of the above reviewers feel that it may appeal to the die hard Eddings fan. I hope that this is precisely the people that it will not appeal to, it certainly caused me to struggle all the way through. Additionally people mention the humour and one liners. Good luck to finding a single element of humour in the book not already tried a hundred times in the preceeding stories