My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s novel My Sister, the Serial Killer starts, not too shockingly, with a murder. It is told from the point of view of Korede, a nurse always overshadowed by her beautiful younger sister, Ayoola. I was disappointed at first by story elements I thought were cliché—men falling for the beautiful sister, a patient in a coma. Ultimately, though, the novel makes important statements about the privilege of men and rights of women. It was not as easy as I thought to judge Ayoola or Korede. My Sister is a fast, interesting, and worthwhile read.