Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

88 reviews

pacifickat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Enjoyable shorter read that pulled me in from start to finish. I like that it was told largely through little vingetes from the sister Korede's first-person point of view. I liked the sprinkling of reveals throughout that flip your assumptions at every turn. The ending moved it from a decent 4 to solid 4.5 stars for me. 

The audio narration by Adepero Oduye was brilliant and helped me better connect with the setting and culture of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

cristinareading's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual violence

jasecordova's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

l_piller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

torturedreadersdept's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

meat_muffin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.0

Absolutely INFURIATING, I hate all of them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

veronica214's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Korede's sister is officially a serial killer. And? Yeah, there wasn't much to this story. Not much character development and the ending wasn't great. 

However, the story is set in Lagos so the reader definitely gets a feel for the culture. Everything from gender roles, food, socio-economics, government corruption, death customs, etc. I did enjoy this aspect of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Grief, and Classism

devemaya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting