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laurkimberley224's review
5.0
The crisis of MMIW is so much more intense and prevalent than what can be seen on the surface. This book takes you inside and lets your grieve with the families of two young girls all while trying to overcome the systemic racism that has existed in this country since the 1500s.
evawondergem's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Colonisation, and Trafficking
eul4lieeee's review against another edition
4.0
Ce livre traitent les sujets douloureux du feminicide et du racisme. Sœurs volées est très éducatif. La disparition de Maisy et Shannon était réalisiquement représenter, et un portrait juste. L'ensemble de ce livre était honnète, et "Sœurs volées" devrais être étudier partout au Canada.
alexxcp's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racism, Violence, Genocide, Colonisation, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, and Drug use
trulybooked's review against another edition
4.0
While I originally picked this book up because it looked short, I found myself wishing that the book was longer the more I read into things. It's well written and really does its best to pull you into the heart of that community so you can, just like everyone else, feeling baffled and powerless in the face of it all. Still, it was too short. I found myself wanting more even though I dreaded reading more of it at the same time.
It is important for Canadians to realize what is happening within their own country. I can only imagine the frustrations of the Indigenous women who went to try and petition Stephen Harper.
It is important for Canadians to realize what is happening within their own country. I can only imagine the frustrations of the Indigenous women who went to try and petition Stephen Harper.
hnagle15's review against another edition
4.0
"I came to see Indigenous identity as being both a vulnerability factor and the very cause of every vulnerability".
Walter's work highlights the minimal attention missing & murdered Indigenous women receive in Canada and how harmful it is.
Using both statistics and story, Walter describes the issue of missing & murdered Indigenous women, particularly Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander who have been missing now for ten years.
This is not an easy read, but is still one that I highly recommend. There is much to be learned from Walter, and she also guides the reader to read more through her constant referral to various publications.
amckiereads's review
4.0
This book provided a portrait of two missing young indigenous women and wove in how Canada’s colonialism, neglect, apathy, and racism cause this emergency. It was a good read, but there was some awkwardness caused by the author being an outsider - a First Nations writer covering the topic would be preferred in my opinion.