出版社: Doubleday Books
出版年: 2018-11-20
页数: 240
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385544238
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practical...
Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit.
A kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where Korede works, is the bright spot in her life. She dreams of the day when he will realize they're perfect for each other. But one day Ayoola shows up to the hospital uninvited and he takes notice. When he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and what she will do about it.
Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite has written a deliciously deadly debut that's as fun as it is frightening.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE is a graduate of Creative Writing and Law from Kingston University. Following her degree, she worked as an assistant editor at Kachifo, a Nigerian publishing house, and has been freelancing as a writer and editor since. In 2014, she was shortlisted as a top-ten spoken-word artist in the Eko Poetry Slam, and in 2016 she was a finalist for the Commonwealth Sho...
OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE is a graduate of Creative Writing and Law from Kingston University. Following her degree, she worked as an assistant editor at Kachifo, a Nigerian publishing house, and has been freelancing as a writer and editor since. In 2014, she was shortlisted as a top-ten spoken-word artist in the Eko Poetry Slam, and in 2016 she was a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
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“她一刀就杀死了他,这一刀直插心脏。但她又捅了他两刀,以防万一。” 阿尤拉把交往一个月的男友费米捅死了。她不是故意的。据说,他当时冲她大吼大叫,充满洋葱味的口气热乎乎地扑在她脸上。费米不是她杀死的第一个男朋友,在他之前,索姆托和彼得也被杀掉了。费米也不是她杀... (展开)
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金句迭出。 「处理尸体比处理灵魂花时间。」 「女大学生之于有钱男人,好比蜉蝣之于鲸鱼。」 这么描写姐姐暗恋的男人失恋时的衣着:「他的衬衫是白色的。不是他曾经拥有的那种闪闪发亮的白,也不是我护士服的白,而是一个心烦意乱的单身汉的白。如果他愿意,我可以帮他把衣服都... (展开)
刀是用来防身的,男人防不胜防
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感觉标题这句话就是整本书的精华,故事情节似曾相识,妹妹为什么会变成连环杀手,我个人理解为姐姐是最初的始作俑者,如果妹妹是连环杀手,姐姐又何尝不是呢? 父亲是她俩第一个下手的人,姐姐想保护妹妹,但是面对懦弱的母亲,孤立无援,让父亲消失是最简单粗暴解决问题的方式... (展开)
锦衣玉食下,陪伴一生的恐惧
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这是一本32K的小书,在冬日里,可以放在大衣的口袋里,用两天的通勤路上和茶歇时间,就看完了。很流畅。 这本书,让我想到了《我的天才女友》,也是一个负责天赋异禀,一个负责收拾烂摊子,用某种反社会的方式,携手完成自我救赎。 为本书,用很幽默和调侃的文字风格讲了一个其... (展开)
A page-turner!

女性连环杀手=女性觉醒?
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阿尤拉用这几个字把我召唤了过去——珂瑞蒂,我杀了他。 我原本希望再也不要听到这几个字了。 以上是第一个章节《字》的全部内容,几乎交代了整个故事背景:阿尤拉杀了人像珂瑞蒂求助,而这不是她第一次动手了。再根据书名《我的妹妹是连环杀手》可以进一步推测,阿尤拉是珂瑞... (展开)> 更多书评 76篇
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3 有用 弯弯 2019-06-21 09:31:53
A pageturning lightweight deadpan murder drama w/ sibling rivalry and bond, Nigerian gender politics, abusive father, love triangle, wise coma patient who was listening the whole time (Muhtar aka 'mot... A pageturning lightweight deadpan murder drama w/ sibling rivalry and bond, Nigerian gender politics, abusive father, love triangle, wise coma patient who was listening the whole time (Muhtar aka 'mother'). Ayoola is manipulative, self-obsessed, instagramming femme fatale, sees men as shallow cheating fools. Micro chapters, works for its length. (展开)
1 有用 小宗 2019-08-15 09:22:38
故事设定挺不错,从连环杀人凶手姐姐的角度叙述,悬念制造的很精彩,是能够吸引你迅速读完的一本小说。细节方面有很多地方经不起推敲,当作娱乐小说看看就好。尼日利亚的腐败现象早有耳闻,从书里提到的贿赂交警的片段可见一斑。另外,文笔很差。查了一下,作者88年的,鼓励一下四星吧。
2 有用 管理理员 2020-07-19 19:25:28
这……结尾是变成玛丽苏了吗??? 妹妹和姐姐相爱相杀蛮好玩的 撕逼撕着撕着又团结了
0 有用 听说 2020-10-21 17:26:30
简单轻快!结尾还有点感动,但是圆不上剧情..
0 有用 潜入深水的鬼魂 2019-10-25 12:16:03
not very unpredictable, but a funny, ironic novel nevertheless