Review / Daily Muse Books
‘My Sister, the Serial Killer’ by Oyinkan Braithwaite — one to read
“As a reader, from the beginning of the story you’re almost complicit in the crimes with Korede. She whispers her sins into your ears like you’re reading her diary, and you can’t help but empathise with both the Serial Killer and her sister. Though, the empathy never made you doubt Korede’s accountability, as neither did she. The novel lets you feel this vulnerability by cleverly performing the many comedic and disheartening dynamics of familial obscurities, in a morbid flash that is this tale of murder.”
A book review on 2018’s dark and mortifying drama-thriller novel about family loyalty, corruptibility and horror. Korede, the protagonist, battles with a constant struggle, both subliminal and conscious, about her feelings for her beautiful, lively, obnoxious and oblivious baby sister.
