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rwsmith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Classism
marireads3_3's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder
elliegsimmers's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder
booksandteatime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
ingrid_annej's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Murder
timsreadingcorner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is how this book starts & what you read is what you get - for some parts of the book. But while my sister, the serial killer sounds like a thriller when you first read the title ( & it definitely has thriller qualities to it ) it is so much more than that, packed into only 223 pages.
The book is narrated Korede, a caring nurse in a Nigerian hospital, who is continually called on to help her younger sister Ayoola, who claims to have killed her last three boyfriends in "self-defence". When Ayoola starts dating the doctor Korede has long been secretly in love with, Korede becomes torn between protecting her crush or staying loyal to her sister.
It is a book, that focuses on family dynamics.
It focuses on the dynamics between the sisters Korede & Ayoola. It focuses on Korede‘s jealousy of her sister, the younger one, prettier one, the one that always gets her way. Korede is the typical big sister, always blamed for the younger sisters wrong-doings or mistakes.
Where Ayoola is childish, selfish, rude, careless, beautiful, charming & always gets her way, lies even to her sister & doesn’t have any regrets ( not even after literally murdering someone ), Korede is the protector, the one worried, spending time to think of something clever to keep her younger sister protected.
Korede is aware that her sister is a monster, but the responsibility for her younger sibling weights heavier than the realisation or guilt she should feel, for helping her sister out over & over again whenever another body turns up.
The book has a great way of telling the story of these two sister with loads of dark humour & at only 223 pages & chapters that are only 2 - 3 pages for the most part, it is a rather easy & quick read & perfectly shows of the way, families discard ugly truths to save their members.
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Emotional abuse
qqjj's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
sinamile's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent
trashynucleus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
zzfinch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The writing style was rich with emotions and reactions. It was a short read I know but I would’ve loved less loose ends at the finish. The portrayal of sisterly jealousy is so well written and rounded out with the flashbacks which vibrantly paint the older vs/and younger sister dynamic using settings in their childhood which required them to be in survival mode.
Overall 3.5 because the ending was disappointing
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment