Reviews with content warning for Violence - Sisareni, sarjamurhaaja

I tried TWICE to get into this book but it wasn’t for me… I think it was the narrator’s voice. She was great at the speed she was reading at, but I like to listen to my audio sped up, and then it sounded disjointed.

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dark mysterious tense 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

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talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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stephhamp's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I got through this book in 2 days.

It's truly a lesson in extreme eldest daughter syndrome. It's also a great case study of how two sisters deal with the trauma left by their abusive father and childhoods. One sister becomes a man attention seeker, and killer of those men. Men who are like her father. She can't be completely loved and committed to one man, yet constantly seeks their attention and validation. The eldest sister feels she has to protect her baby sister no matter the circumstances. It's a horrible pressure that cultures put on eldest daughters and this Nigerian culture where reputation is crucial. Both sisters can never learn until the other drastically changes their behavior, yet both are too afraid and codependent to do so. This stems from trauma. Both sisters have a level of insanity. One shows in the men she murders, and the other in the constant covering up and coddling. She knows her sister is guilty but she cannot truly admit to herself. And you have to be a little crazy to be so complicit in aiding and abetting like this.

It's truly a great satire on culture, love, sisterhood, and so much more. I cannot wait to read more from this author.

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witcheep's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

3.0

Korede's sister (MC) Ayoola's view of life is that her beauty and ability to deceive should grant her everything she wants, no mater the cost to the others. Korede has been made to look after her in a servitude-kind of manner even if she has to compromise her own well being: this is the opinion of their mother, and Korede has internalized it so completely she is willing to

give up her crush and

hide the evidence of multiple murders for her sister.

Both the sisters don't seem too well mentally, but no outsider seems to pay attention to it

before it's too late

. The book is set in a strict patriarchal culture that I'm not very familiar with, combined with a hard drive towards settling in a marriage (and women maybe having worth only as a wife even if they had succesfull careers), but even in that frame I think Ayoola and Korede's mindsets are extreme.

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taniasbookdiary's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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

2.5

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