Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Disappointing

After reading the GOOD books by Tamora Pierce, this one was a disappointment. It wasn't so much that Ms. Pierce moved from a different world (though I hope that this won't be the end of Tortall), but this book just didn't have the feeling of intamacy surrounding the characters as Ms. Pierce's Tortall series. I think it may have been because she was trying to shove in all these main characters with different backgrounds and powers, instead of focusing on one strong character. However, if this is a first time reading of Ms. Pierce's work, perhaps you will be more forgiving, having no comparison to her better novels.