Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Mildly entertaining but a big missed opportunity...

Some people have stories to tell but do not realize the bigger story in their own story. I would say the author missed the story. There is so little of anything to do with Palladio - it's all about the Cornaros (Venetian Rockefeller types in their day) and eternal family lines. And the author's own aspirations for her family to be as dynastic (and own the villa for the next 200 years - very unlikely fairytale). One wonders what the author is really doing buying this house - trying to make her own family into a dynasty? That's what it sounds like sometimes. I listened to the audio version of the book.Bottom line: The personal story is of some interest, but the star of the show - Palladio - gets very short shrift in this book. Alas. What could have been.