![]() ![]() 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.Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite's deliciously deadly debut is as fun as it is frightening. ![]() She dreams of the day when he will realize that she's exactly what he needs. Not that she gets any credit.Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. There is dark humour littered throughout, with Korede and Ayoola’s response to the murders giving it a sharp edge. How could she not be Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one. My Sister the Serial Killer is eminently easy to read, the short sharp chapters mean the reader flies through the book, which can easily be read in a morning. I wouldn’t be able to do a thorough job until his body was elsewhere. A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriendsFemi makes. But my eyes kept darting to the slumped corpse, propped up against the wall. The narrative voice of older sister Korede is a nurse by day, but by night she is cleaning up (and covering up) murders committed by her younger sister, Ayoola. When Koredes dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows whats expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Three and they label you a serial killer. Title: My sister, the serial killer : a novel / Oyinkan Braithwaite. My Sister, the Serial Killer is a darkly comedic story of murderous intent, patriarchal violence and romance but primarily an exploration of the extent of sibling loyalty. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. The Gilgo Beach serial-killer case that has haunted Long Island for more than a decade seems to have finally been solved. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. Three and they label you a serial killer."Korede is bitter. ![]() "Feverishly hot"-PAULA HAWKINS / "The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."-MARIE CLAIREA short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends"Femi makes three, you know. ![]()
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