A review by vanessarreads
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

As a big sister myself and the “strong and smart” one of the friend group, I related to Korede a lot. I saw trends of not having healthy boundaries with her family, especially her sister while feeling obligated to always protecting her sister. Ayoola was a character that frustrated me lol I felt myself projecting a lot while reading this. She was hella inconsiderate, reactive and didn’t care because she always knew her sister would come and clean up her messes. Whew! 

I enjoyed the story but it wasn’t what I expected. I guess I wanted more a thriller type of story. Something a bit more darker than this. I really wanted both Korede and Ayoola to learn their lesson in the end. I really wanted Korede to have a chance to get that heaviness off of her chest. And I wanted Ayoola to see the error in her ways, she was so careless towards her sister and I don’t think she understood the gravity of her actions. And that frustrated me as a reader lol. However, given the relationship she had with her father and him punishing her for her beauty, I can see why Ayoola became the type of killer she was.