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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
2.0
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.