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My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Start date: April 15, 2020

Finish date: May 15, 2020

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Mar 03, 2019 Nadine in NY Jones rated it really liked it

Shelves: literary-schmiterary, fiction, psych-psych-psych, crime, f-ed-up, women-on-the-edge

Ayoola summons me with these words -- Korede, I killed him.

I had hoped I would never hear those words again.

This odd little book is not at all what I was anticipating. I thought this might be a tightly wound downward spiral of murder, but it's not. The murders are all handled rather lightly, Korede seems more exasperated than horrified or angry. It's so light, in fact, that this started to seem like a YA book. I expected Korede to be capable and badass, but she's not - this is also part of t ...more

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Mar 04, 2020 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller-mystery, africa, contemporary, women, popsugar-2020

3.5 stars.

Interesting look at contemporary life of two sisters in Lagos. One sister is a fashion designer (and serial killer!), while the other is a nurse and reluctant compatriot. How tight is the bonding of two sisters, and how far would they protect one another, even though it means they have to sacrifice other important factors in their life?

Refreshing fiction from African writer, but the writing style (very short chapter, lack of details, a bit unrelated one chapter to another) is quite har ...more

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Jul 24, 2019 Joanne rated it liked it

Shelves: generalfiction, africanlit, on-location-fiction

2.75 stars - I can’t tell if I hated it or liked it a little mostly because there weren’t really any characters that I found likeable. That’s usually a dealbreaker for me - I need at least one likeable character with a little redeeming quality. Lol. Super easy, fast read though.

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Nov 16, 2019 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars.

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Jun 17, 2020 Jen rated it really liked it

Shelves: z-2020-read, fiction, africa, crazy-families, the-single-woman, crime-without-mystery, love-hurts, around-the-world

Twisted and sobering, served up with wicked humor. This short novel examines many issues: sibling relationships, romantic relationships, systemic sexism, and, as spelled out in the title, serial murder. Loved it!

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