Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara

I must have read this at some point back in the day, but it didn't leave any real impression on me. Picked it up (again?) on my last excursion to the library (Pines not City nor university) and found that the book is really quite poorly written and uninteresting (I was under the impression that it was regarded as some kind of classic, but perhaps it holds that status by virtue of being early rather than great...).