Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

24 reviews

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexism

Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

nojerama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow this book moved at breakneck speed I literally read it in one day. Absolutely gripping and so much of Korede's feelings towards her sister and other women in her life resonated with me so much. Absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

yarelhdi's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

sammyelliott_'s review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

amberrenfrey's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexism, and Police brutality

nicole_schmid's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

This book has a very intriguing concept, written neither in the POV of the serial killer nor the detective trying to stop them, but the killer's sister. We follow her struggles as she is torn between helping her baby sister and giving justice to her victims, especially considering that her newest victim is someone she herself is interested in.
The ending was a bit predictable, I found, but enough doubt was shed onto the conclusion that I was not completely sure. Refreshingly, this is not a cheesy romance movie ending where everything ends well and everyone is happy.

The protective big sister remains as such, choosing her family and moral code over justice and the man she loves.

Overall, I do not think this book is especially outstanding (excepting the fact that it is set in an African country without being about racism, colonialism or the aftereffects thereof), but I quite enjoyed it and it was a quick and engaging read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse and Pedophilia

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Suicide

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was a lot of fun and for it's looks of being a funny thriller, it had a great portrayal of sibling hood. How your sibling is someone you wish never existed but you would always help them to dispose of a body. The jealousy and care between the sisters is so well done, it's a fine line be able to portray a complicated relationship like Korde and Ayoola's but the author did it splendidly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Death of parent

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow I loved this! I expected this to be good but nothing special but wow I was wrong. Read this entirely in one afternoon, I didn't even put it down long enough to get a bookmark. For such a short and genuinely funny book it covered themes of toxic families, abuse, enabling etc brilliantly. I loved being in Korede's head with all of her struggles and questionable decisions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse

lkbooks's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia