A review by kintara81
My Brother the Killer: A Family Story by Alix Sharkey

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

This hard hitting memoir for the brother of convicted killer was an eye-opening account of his life growing up in an abusive environement and how this could have contributed to the path that his brother took.

I found the method for this book confusing at times as we were jumping back and forth through the timeline and this was confusing for me. Once I got used to the author's method of writing this account then I was able to connect with the author and his feelings and motivation to write this book. Reading through the account you can see and feel the anguish that he has had when making the decision to write this account and what to include.

This is definately a gripping and raw story of emotion.