Book Review: My Sister, The Serial Killer (Nigeria, murder, murder, . . . . family) (OT)

My Sister, The Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday, 2018, 226 pages, $22.95)

 My Kind of Book

Small and short. Short chapters. Actually the hardback copy is the size of a paperback!

Fascinating Title! Intriguing Cover!

Who wouldn’t want to read this book? But, will it be grisly?

My Sister. . . .

Is blood really thicker than water? How does your family compare to the one in the book? Does either parent favor one child, or even seem to (to the other child)? Perhaps (hopefully!) you don’t have a serial killer or even a murderer in your family but does one member always seem to have to rescue the other? Or, does one member always bully or pick on the other? If so, why do they stay together? Because they are family and therefore, one (the serial killer) needs the other (the nurse) and because the nurse envies her sister?

Also in Portuguese

Will the tables ever turn? Will your younger sister ever grow up and stop stealing your boyfriends? Will you ever move out and force her to face her problems?

The Setting

Lagos, Nigeria (a megalopolis). Names that American readers are not used to.

A Very Unusual Read!