Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

26 reviews

botlump's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

litokeland's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

sheryl_reads's review against another edition

dark lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

carissa230's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

 Korede has always been there to dispose of the bodies for her sister Ayoola. Her sister seems to get into a lot of relationships with men that suddenly turn violent, which forces her to clean up the mess.
Korede is slightly torn about this arrangement, she doesn't really believe that her sister is protecting herself, but its her sister.

Ayoola is beautiful and loveable, making men fall for her instantly. When Ayoola shows interest in Korede's boss Korede is suddenly concerned about what her sister does.

The book was compelling to read, but the main character was frustrating. It should have been clear what her sister was doing, but Korede chose to ignore the obvious to protect her sister. Ayoola for her part seemed to only really care about Korede. The care could have been because of family loyalty or because Korede always cleaned up her problems, but she did seem to care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Medical content, and Mental illness

cdiddy's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Didn’t like the ending but still a wild ride. Would have liked to have known more about the characters' motivations and for more than one character to have a backbone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence