Reviews tagging 'Death'

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

382 reviews

rachelpacz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism and Child abuse

mgseaton01's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It started off strong but the plot didn’t really progress anywhere. This can be indicative of real life, but I wanted more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Dysphoria, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Car accident, and Body shaming

meat_muffin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.0

Absolutely INFURIATING, I hate all of them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Medical content, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

joensign's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

idkimoutofideas's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

veronica214's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

Korede's sister is officially a serial killer. And? Yeah, there wasn't much to this story. Not much character development and the ending wasn't great. 

However, the story is set in Lagos so the reader definitely gets a feel for the culture. Everything from gender roles, food, socio-economics, government corruption, death customs, etc. I did enjoy this aspect of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality

abookwormspov's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved the writing style of this book. The short chapters make it go by very quickly too! It was a fun read and even though I don't typically go for thrillers I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

zianna_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, and Toxic relationship

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

Oikeastaan kirja oli viihdyttävä lukea, mutta niin nopea ja lyhyt, etten ehtinyt oikein muodostaa tunnesidettä hahmoihin, joten lukemisen jälkeen tuntuu lähinnä vähän tyhjältä.

Vetävä kirja kyllä on ja sisarusten väliset tunteet ja salaisuudet hienosti kuvattuja.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse