Take a photo of a barcode or cover
themoonwholistens 's review for:
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
...Nothing really happened? The premise was the most interesting part of this story to me.
Before picking this up I didn't realized that this was actually a popular book, I guess I completely missed the hype.
— overall thoughts: 2.5 —
⇢ content warnings//
⇢ representation: Nigerian main characters*, Nigerian side characters*
The plot of the story is basically about this girl and her sister who ends up murdering each of her boyfriends for some reason. And so our main girl end up having to clean after. She disinfects the crime scene, takes care of the body, all of that. It picks up (but does it really?) towards around the 40% mark when her sister starts to be interested with this doctor that she works with in the hospital. I was still waiting for something to happen when I checked my progress and I was already at 80%. Which has been my problem for most of the mystery/thrillers that I have read. It takes majority of the book to build up to a certain plot point but by that time, it tends to lose me.
The pacing was not exactly dragging... it's just that nothing was happening.
Amusing at some times but not enough for me to enjoy it to the fullest. Even though there were some positive messages, I just could not relate to any of the characters and they were too unforgettable to me, especially that doctor. I do think the family aspect was really focused on and so I would give it brownie points for that. In fact, the uncanny premise gave a lot of sense to the sister squabble albeit in a dark way, which was still fun to read about.
If anything, read this for the sister dynamics.
The plot and the idea of the story is unique, albeit dark in theory, but I think it could have done better in terms of execution. Perhaps this would be more relatable to other people but personally, it was not something I found exciting, it just felt like a lot of weird drama at times and I was just... meh.
But I guess if you're into that, you might like this then. This was full of missed opportunities for me but if you want a fast and twisted read, with some juicy (and sweet) sister moments, you can try this out.
Before picking this up I didn't realized that this was actually a popular book, I guess I completely missed the hype.
— overall thoughts: 2.5 —
⇢ content warnings//
Spoiler
Blood, Cheating, Child abuse, Domestic violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape (implied), Stabbing, Violence⇢ representation: Nigerian main characters*, Nigerian side characters*
The plot of the story is basically about this girl and her sister who ends up murdering each of her boyfriends for some reason. And so our main girl end up having to clean after. She disinfects the crime scene, takes care of the body, all of that. It picks up (but does it really?) towards around the 40% mark when her sister starts to be interested with this doctor that she works with in the hospital. I was still waiting for something to happen when I checked my progress and I was already at 80%. Which has been my problem for most of the mystery/thrillers that I have read. It takes majority of the book to build up to a certain plot point but by that time, it tends to lose me.
The pacing was not exactly dragging... it's just that nothing was happening.
Amusing at some times but not enough for me to enjoy it to the fullest. Even though there were some positive messages, I just could not relate to any of the characters and they were too unforgettable to me, especially that doctor. I do think the family aspect was really focused on and so I would give it brownie points for that. In fact, the uncanny premise gave a lot of sense to the sister squabble albeit in a dark way, which was still fun to read about.
If anything, read this for the sister dynamics.
The plot and the idea of the story is unique, albeit dark in theory, but I think it could have done better in terms of execution. Perhaps this would be more relatable to other people but personally, it was not something I found exciting, it just felt like a lot of weird drama at times and I was just... meh.
But I guess if you're into that, you might like this then. This was full of missed opportunities for me but if you want a fast and twisted read, with some juicy (and sweet) sister moments, you can try this out.