Some good ones include malevolent, perfidious and animalistic. Get electric tape, duct tape or scotch tape. Then there's that dry sardonic humour that Braithwaite sprinkles throughout the story that made me cackle out loud where I probably should have been appalled. There is another woman standing here, burning her sage and drawing sigils on the pavement. From a language that your sister doesn't understand, and say them to her over and over again. I am sorry and embarrassed that I have to even ask you for money for this endeavor. But I really enjoyed the end of this book, and I appreciate how fast-paced this story was, (I'm a huge fan of short chapters like this haha) even though I do wish the story itself was a little longer so I could learn more about these characters. Use this technique to bug your sister - especially if she's hogging the bathroom, again. If you want to get really creative, soak some of the toilet paper in water and throw it at her walls, ceiling and mirror. Chapter 75: Don't Leave Me Alone. What's worse, my sister is trying to pin the blame on me.
Lie in wait for your sister (somewhere outdoors or your parents will kill you) and when she comes attack her with water balloons. Lucille L about 4 hours ago. Chapter 12: The Value Of Friendship. For me, My Sister, the Serial Killer, was an easy, brisk read that I mostly read in one sitting. Have you ever been sitting on the toilet when someone accidentally turns off the light in the bathroom? Oyinkan Braithwaite starts off the book in an effective way.
Korede is the responsible sister. There's much to ponder on in this amazing debut novel. I am spending this month reading books by Black authors. Both korede and ayoola feel very one-dimensional and do not live up to the dichotomy their characters are meant to represent. I wouldn't necessarily call this a thriller, more so a chilling story about two sisters, one who kills her boyfriends and the other who will go to great lengths to protect her. Chapter 43: Boyfriend For A Day. If you're really clever, you'll change the time on her alarm clock as well. ) His family has not visited him in a long time, so Korede feels like its right for her to care for him since no one else will. Chapter 9: But Aren't You A Girl? This is the sort of place where I'd cry or scream or eat water ice or have an existential crisis or drown myself in a memory. When I tell you that my sister has absconded to the land of the dead, do not mistake me. Lucille L. Jun 27, 2015. I enjoyed the Nigerian setting and culture, the characters, the humor, and most of all, the thought-provoking undercurrents of all the things in life we should question: Loyalty. And besides, if she reaches out to anyone, Korede just knows she would be blamed.
An unusual, fabulous, short, but cracking read from Oyinkan Braithwaite, at the heart of which is the dysfunctional relationship between two sisters set in Nigeria. This stylistic format works very well but I'm not sure a regular length novel could take the constant breakneck speed without the reader getting fatigued and dropping out. But here we go, the killer ( or poor sister who always makes the worst boyfriend choices) decides to visit her sister in her work place and Tade looks like he has a crush on her. So what will faithful Korde do when the kind doctor with the beautiful voice (that's she's secretly been in love with forever) decides to ask Ayoola out on a date? Unknown who to talk to, Korede feels close to a patient who has been in a coma for a very long time now, expected to die one day. Braithwaite's storytelling was dead-on (no pun intended), and I look forward to seeing what comes next for her career.
She knows how to clean up the blood so no traces are found. Braithwaite is definitely a true talent. What she wants more than anything is just to reveal her sister's nefarious side, but she knows Ayoola will turn the evidence against her. You could even look around you in a bewildered way and say something like "who said that? " But of Olive's actual birth, I remember nothing. Will the beautiful sister kill again? If you can, try locking the bathroom door from the outside, leaving her stuck inside in the dark. Personally, I look forward to seeing what comes next from Braithwaite.
Olive R about 1 hour ago. Through flashbacks and memories recalled and told by Korede, we learn a little about how their father was, what their mother went through, and how all three survived those tough times. All at once it is mysterious, funny, disturbing. You could also go outside and stand outside her bedroom window.