" Well this is a complicated book about a complicated family, the Vanderbuilts. The author portrays an eccentric and dysfunctional upbringing amidst great fortune. Yes, the rich are different. But it is the seething hatred of her family that most comes across in this book. Wendy spends her childhood racking up resentments against every single person she comes in contact with, from grandparents to mother to brothers to nurses and governesses and chauffeurs, chefs. Nobody is spared. Why is she so angry, one asks? Is it because she is given everything she needs? No, she wants a pony for Christmas and doesn't get one. Her brother does, so he is immediately on her hit list. I wish the author some peace, as she has suffered greatly, growing up in the lap of luxury. We should all be so cruelly treated. "
— Elle, 12/16/2013