Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: disappointing compared to the Finder's Stone trilogy

I expected a lot from this book. I enjoyed the Finder's Stone trilogy greatly (*especially* _The Wyvern's Spur_), and was looking forward to seeing the characters again.Instead, I found a hackneyed plot and flattened characters. Alias and friends seemed to move like puppets, and the villain was never adequately fleshed out.Avoid this one and go back to the Finder's Stone trilogy.