My Sister, the Serial Killer

By Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
  • Release Date: 2018-11-20
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
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From 957 Ratings

Description

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE “A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it’s the wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.” —MARIE CLAIRE

Korede’s sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola’s knife.

Korede’s practicality is the sisters’ saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (wrap it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her “missing” boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit.

Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. She dreams of the day when he will realize that she’s exactly what he needs. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola’s phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she’s willing to go to protect her.

Reviews

  • Love this book

    5
    By paiz
    A great, quick, and easy read. The story has enough twist and turns to keep the reader captivated! Read this book.
  • My Sister The Serial Killer

    4
    By Whateva4
    A good read. It’s compelling & definitely a page turner.
  • Solid book

    5
    By Godk1lla
    I wish it was longer. I wish I could have read it from another perspective, but nonetheless I loved it.
  • slow at first but

    4
    By chechel252
    i was a little uninterested with this story at first, but i found myself emphasizing with korede and enjoyed her talks with the sleeping patient. a real head scratcher. i’ll most likely reread.
  • Interesting

    5
    By Cars2345
    Quick read. Something different.
  • I have no idea what the lesson of this book is. Certainly not that the truth matters.

    2
    By ReadRideRun
    Maybe a sequel is coming, but what a depressing ending.
  • Not captivating

    1
    By LolaBee15
    A slow read, took me a while to finish. Expected so much more from the title. Repetitive story line and very lackluster ending. Too many unanswered questions.
  • Hilarious

    5
    By Doughgal
    Read it then read it again. What spare prose! The characters! The wit!
  • Just ok.

    2
    By Thandie Simone
    Nothing exciting, captivating or mysterious. Just a story. A set up for an undoubtedly blah sequel.
  • Clever and satisfying

    5
    By solve4life
    I enjoyed this book immensely. It finds both humor and tragedy in the lives of two sisters who are intensely real and extraordinary. Very dense for a quick and easy read.