Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Really...just not good

Like many, I have enjoyed Eddings series in the past. I have read and re-read all of his books. So I figured I would pick this one up and it should entertaining at the very least. How wrong I was. Simply put, this book was so poorly written that I struggled to finish it. And no, I won't be continuing the series. The characters were poorly fashioned and nothing seems to go wrong for the "good guys." They hardly describe who the enemy is, just telling the reader that they are evil and insect like. One of the things that was my biggest pet peeve was that the characters kept repeating the same story over and over. It's like they ran out of things to write about! This book was one of the worst fantasy books I have ever read and I hope to God this isn't what is in store for all the Eddings lovers out there in the future.