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My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Start date: March 1, 2020

Finish date: March 31, 2020

Discussion: 2020 Monthly Reads

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Jan 21, 2021 CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph rated it really liked it

Shelves: international, feminist, black, fiction, 2021-reading-challenge

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is a delightfully dark and subversive little novel, with richly developed characters and a strong sense of place and culture. I felt like I could picture the settings in Lagos (Nigeria), from the slower pace of life in the people working around Korede, the jammed traffic, the pristine hospital, to the corrupt traffic police, the social norms and perceptions of the sisters' father to local police criminal investigation protocol.

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Mar 24, 2019 Stacy rated it liked it

"There is something wrong with her. What is your excuse?"
What, indeed? Why does Korende help her sister? This is a very dark but very unique story. Set in Lagos Nigeria - the well-to-do sisters keep many secrets. I enjoyed this novel, but Tande drove me crazy. Falls for a pretty face, cares for nothing else. He was shallow and vain. ...more

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