A review by arrielledesire
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

2.0

I picked up my sister Rosa because I had seen it recommended several times. To say this book was not my cup of tea would be an understatement. I picked up this book thinking it would be an exciting thriller about this boys psychopathic sister. It was neither exciting nor thrilling. The protagonist spends the first half of the book complaining about everything, mainly about his parents and his sister while doing nothing about it. The plot twist I saw coming from a mile away and the ending left me feeling disappointed and like nothing happened. The plot had no real resolution. The whole book is just the brother talking about his creepy psychopathic sister and after the "climax" in the plot it was just a let down as the whole story can be summed up as "a weird family goes on a business trip to New York. Few months later they go home." (Yes that is a very oversimplified version but it's pretty much the story). I gave this story 2 stars instead of just one because the initial idea for the book was really interesting. Unfortunately, the over all execution was underwhelming.