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sarahthegaymer 's review for:
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Meh. Thankfully this was a short one otherwise it may have been a DNF for me. No, it WOULD have been a DNF for me. Undoubtably.
The title and the premise have such potential but it fell incredibly short on the delivery.
Expecting a thriller/horror book that talked about a sister who was indeed a serial killer, what we actually got was a contemporary novel that was more of a character study on two sisters; one who likes to murder her boyfriends and the other who enables her sister’s murders.
Then, enter some drama where the serial killer sister, Ayoola starts dating a Doctor where Korede works, and a Doctor with whole she actually fancies.
In the end, I think they wrap it up with some explanation as to *why* her sister murders her boyfriends but honestly at that point I stopped focusing on the story and just wanted it to end.
I did enjoy the relationship between the sisters - even if it was toxic - because as an older sister I can understand wanting to protect my sister at all costs. I also did enjoy about maybe the first 25% and some of the satire that was there which again allowed me to hope for a promising story.
Just wasn’t a vibe for me but maybe it’s your thing.
The title and the premise have such potential but it fell incredibly short on the delivery.
Expecting a thriller/horror book that talked about a sister who was indeed a serial killer, what we actually got was a contemporary novel that was more of a character study on two sisters; one who likes to murder her boyfriends and the other who enables her sister’s murders.
Then, enter some drama where the serial killer sister, Ayoola starts dating a Doctor where Korede works, and a Doctor with whole she actually fancies.
In the end, I think they wrap it up with some explanation as to *why* her sister murders her boyfriends but honestly at that point I stopped focusing on the story and just wanted it to end.
I did enjoy the relationship between the sisters - even if it was toxic - because as an older sister I can understand wanting to protect my sister at all costs. I also did enjoy about maybe the first 25% and some of the satire that was there which again allowed me to hope for a promising story.
Just wasn’t a vibe for me but maybe it’s your thing.