Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Wine and cheese

The Renaissance intrigue here is rich and, at times, nearly engulfing. That's the wine of the story. I drank these parts of "The Rule of Four" in big, greedy gulps. The flimsy portrayal of college life and friendship in the 90s (I am 32) was trite and hollow. That was the cheese of the book. "Rule" left me wondering if the effort was worth it, which is never a trait of a good book.