A gripping but superficial tale, poorly narrated. 
 I really hate excessively dramatic prose and over the top metaphors, two features that this book shows abundantly and that seriously ruined the story for me. 
 The witty, bold narrator met in " The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks" is nowhere to be found. Lockart tells the story of a dysfunctional family without a clear idea of which issues should be addressed. 
 The Sinclair are guilty of racism and classism, the adults of the family are masters in the art of psychological manipulation of their children and grandchildren but none of this theme is addressed if not in a moral blackmailing tone - see what happens when you are a bad parent? 
 Another big theme here is guilt and how to survive it but again the author chooses to focus on the exteriors signs, the immediate consequences without exploring long term implications. 
 The story is moderately interesting and the author manages to keep you glued to the pages using an unreliable narrator, young Cady, who suffers from amnesia after a mysterious accident happened two years before. The desire to understand what happened to Cady is what really hooks you to the book which, otherwise, consists mainly in the well known story of a rich and dysfunctional family as many we have read about in modern literature. 
 Much of the character's behaviour feels weird - and even irksome - in the beginning and it's only with the big revelation of the reasons for Cady's amnesia that every piece falls into place. 
 The clues have always been there, as one of the secondary characters tells Cady, if you paid enough attention; on my part, I was totally sidestepped by the melodramatic tone to catch the small details and as a result I was totally surprise by the plot twist that awaited me in the end. 
 The writing style, that mixes prose and prose-in-verse, is actually compelling and I generally appreciate unreliable narrators and author who can surprise me, so my opinion of the book is not a bad one, however I have a feeling that there is much there that could have been addressed better and with more insight. When you reach the end, you feel if that is the point where Cady's story should actually begin.