4.5

A treat of a read! It's short and quick and devours all your attention, and yet the tale is rich with commentary on so many subjects. I was quite entranced by Braithwaite's concise and direct prose, and the way she told a tale about a killer through the eyes of her sister. Their family dynamics, against the backdrop of Lagos, Nigeria, were engrossing, as Braithwaite weaves threads of the sisters' past with present day.

I think this is not only a highly readable book, but one that could be read over and over again to emerge with different feelings. Braithwaite provides many angles and layers to the proceedings and her characters. At times I was laughing out loud, but it is dark. It's horrifying, but there can be satisfaction in that horror--in seeing these sisters navigate patriarchal society. A clever book, and the author plays a LOT with little details.