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My Sister, the Serial Killer

Written by: Oyinkan Braithwaite
Narrated by: Weruche Opia
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Nominated for the Booker Prize 2019.

Shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favourite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead.

Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. 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. Not that she gets any credit.

A kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where Korede works is the bright spot in her life. She dreams of the day when he will realise they're perfect for each other. But one day Ayoola shows up to the hospital uninvited and he takes notice. When he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and what she will do about it. Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite has written a deliciously deadly debut that's as fun as it is frightening.

©2018 Oyinkan Braithwaite (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Dark Humour Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

"A literary sensation." (Guardian)

"A bombshell of a book.... Sharp, explosive, hilarious." (New York Times)
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Read this book and at times heard it on Audible. I must say the listening it on Audible and especially this one is an amazing experience. The reader Weruche Opia does an amazing job. The book in itself has amazing storyline and unique. Not diving into minds of a serial killer or any investigation as the name says it instead goes into the mind of Korede the elder sister and how she pictures her younger sibling Ayoola, whose a serial killer maybe cuz of her disturbed childhood.
The book also dives into letting us know that if our conscious is too enlightened is when we feel emotions like guilt, after an act of violence. Although when either our conscious is not grown or we are pretty self centered we rarely dive into our own self n blame ourselves for our wrong doing and feel guilty. That's what Ayoola is, never wrong.
Undoubtedly a great read, a 4 from my side. Although the manuscript needed a better ending, in my personal opinion.

My Personal Review

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Amazing story and amazing representation of the characters through the narration. It’s really a piece of worthiness. It is must recommended and you will enjoy it.

Wow, Just Wow!

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You know it when you are intrugued and hinged and cannot stop.
It is a story about two completely opposite characters but together none the less sisters ,Koede and Aayola.
Koede is an opposite of aayola while Aayola is downright recluse who is a clean freak which helps with her nurse job at the hospital , and only is friends with a coma pateint ,to share everything she can't share with anyone. Then there is her sister who swoons everyone off there pants specifically men around her. She is a serial killer.
Its the story of how far one will go for their family, how far you will let them go .Its about the grey zone between the right and the wrong.

The narattion was a lilttle difficult at times for me to get into but the story kept me hinged .

Dark and satire

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I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The narrator brought the best out of the book. Sibling love in desperate times to taken to a different level.

Gripping Story!!

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Good narrative and small chapter make story interesting. But book is not the what i m liking. It is good listening though.

Good narrative. Storytelling is nice

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The story itself was ok...but the narrator brought it to life beautifully...a different then usual storyline..

Narrator is very good

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loved this! the sister's accusations would be my favorite part. extremely entertaining! must read for the love of sisters!

thrilling!! love the accents

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loved the narration. the ending was not much of I what I expected it to be. i was hoping for something better perhaps

average story, spot on narration

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Truthfully, this should be made into a movie. reading it, one can associate the stuff we have to do for family members, despite their shortcomings. this book has a similar theme, but a twisted plot and will do well for a motion picture. it's a short book and is easy to go through in one sitting itself. the narrator is really good, enjoyed her thoroughly. pick it up for a light read showcasing a family's twisted story.

What all we do for family!

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This could be someone casually telling you about their day over afternoon tea. Languid, but the short chapters or episodes keep you hooked. The narrator’s voice and accents vividly bring to life the setting in Lagos. I throughly enjoyed a point of view I haven’t come across before. Entertaining and engrossing.

Great story experience enhanced by narrator

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