Hulse skewers her characters uproariously, zeroing in on every quirk, and she humanizes them, too.
Less successful is the tired framing gear.
The novel begins with a whodunit and unpeels the mystery, slowly, through police transcripts.
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The shocking crime is less compelling than the inevitable squabbles, which we never get enough of.
So much resentment, so little time.BDavid Canfield
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This time Ayoola couldnt even get through a month with her boyfriend before stabbing him square in the heart.
But Korede wonders, irritated by the burden: Why was she carrying a knife?
The slim chapters coming in at a few pages are stacked with heavy, sardonic cynicism.
They teem with the love and rivalry and pain inherent to any close sibling relationship.
They collide as only this cultural moment could allow.
Selecky doesnt judge her, however, instead offering a radically gentle takedown of capitalist spiritualism.
