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A review by witcheep
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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 itbefore 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.
Both the sisters don't seem too well mentally, but no outsider seems to pay attention to it
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Infidelity