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Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution
Sophie Hayes
3.72 AVERAGE
95 reviews for:
Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution
Sophie Hayes
3.72 AVERAGE
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Wow. Another hard read. Which means another hard review to write.
Sophie Hayes is a normal young adult. She is very close to her mother, works a decent job, loves hanging out with friends and going dancing. The usual. One night she meets someone, Kas. Kas is interested in more, but Sophie- having a hard time trusting men (thanks to her father) dismisses it. Eventually through various random meet-ups they become friends. He becomes the shoulder to cry on, the unbiased opinions on her struggles with work, life, relationships. A friend that Sophie trusts. After Sophie has rather hard break-up, Kas suggests her coming to Italy to visit and clear her head.
Once in Italy, her life is changed forever. Kas suddenly switches gears and becomes any one's worst nightmare. Forcing Sophie to enter the life of prostitution so he can pay off his debts. What a great friend hey- and like there aren't any other ways he could have thought of- like hmm DO IT YOURSELF!. If she refuses he threatened to kill her family. He also brought up the fact a couple of times, that people have had shittier lives than she does, so she should just accept that she has to help him because loving someone means having to make sacrifices. I'm sorry Kas. You choose the life to be a drug dealer- you chose to have a shitty life. Don't make someone else have one because you fucked up.
Throughout this time, Sophie is both physically and verbally abused making her feel like she is worthless. And I guess after hearing that multiple times a day, and getting beat for doing something so minimal as putting too much spaghetti sauce on the noodles, you believe it. You are brain washed into thinking you are shit. RUN SOPHIE, RUN! That's all I was screaming in my head while reading it. Yet, she couldn't.
It comes out today, and I do recommend people to buy it. It is an eye opener into the world of sex slaves and trafficking. Its absolutely horrible to think that this is happening in today's day and age. It is not just a third world occurrence.
Wow. Another hard read. Which means another hard review to write.
Sophie Hayes is a normal young adult. She is very close to her mother, works a decent job, loves hanging out with friends and going dancing. The usual. One night she meets someone, Kas. Kas is interested in more, but Sophie- having a hard time trusting men (thanks to her father) dismisses it. Eventually through various random meet-ups they become friends. He becomes the shoulder to cry on, the unbiased opinions on her struggles with work, life, relationships. A friend that Sophie trusts. After Sophie has rather hard break-up, Kas suggests her coming to Italy to visit and clear her head.
Once in Italy, her life is changed forever. Kas suddenly switches gears and becomes any one's worst nightmare. Forcing Sophie to enter the life of prostitution so he can pay off his debts. What a great friend hey- and like there aren't any other ways he could have thought of- like hmm DO IT YOURSELF!. If she refuses he threatened to kill her family. He also brought up the fact a couple of times, that people have had shittier lives than she does, so she should just accept that she has to help him because loving someone means having to make sacrifices. I'm sorry Kas. You choose the life to be a drug dealer- you chose to have a shitty life. Don't make someone else have one because you fucked up.
Throughout this time, Sophie is both physically and verbally abused making her feel like she is worthless. And I guess after hearing that multiple times a day, and getting beat for doing something so minimal as putting too much spaghetti sauce on the noodles, you believe it. You are brain washed into thinking you are shit. RUN SOPHIE, RUN! That's all I was screaming in my head while reading it. Yet, she couldn't.
It comes out today, and I do recommend people to buy it. It is an eye opener into the world of sex slaves and trafficking. Its absolutely horrible to think that this is happening in today's day and age. It is not just a third world occurrence.
Not the best written book, but a harrowing tale nonetheless. Sophie is right: we don't think of girls from the UK (or US, etc.) as being victims of traffickers - but it happens, and we do hear more and more similar stories in the news. There was a lot of repetition, which I suppose might be put down to the fact that her life as a prostitute was repetitive, and/or lack of detail, which might been to protect the reader or because she has blocked some of the details. I'm glad Sophie's story had a happy ending, and I hope it makes readers more aware of this problem in society.
One of the most eye opening and impacting books on trafficking that I've read. So sad and angering to read about girls having live in fear because thy have been brainwashed and manipulated to think that there is not another option. Was a hard read at times because it was just awful to read and anticipate what was going to happen next.
So sad. Especially when reading it from her mother's point of view. Amazing how quickly someone can be brainwashed. Made me think about the millions of girls that are still out there, will definitely be looking into the STOP THE TRAFFIK organisation.
An easy read, but I need to read a light-hearted book now to recover. Two heavy books in a row (Jaycee Dugard - A Stolen Life) and I'm suspicious of men I pass in the street!
An easy read, but I need to read a light-hearted book now to recover. Two heavy books in a row (Jaycee Dugard - A Stolen Life) and I'm suspicious of men I pass in the street!
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2 1/2 stars, but I give it the benefit of scaling it up to 3. Mediocre writing skills that at times grip you into the story and at times just drag on and don't make sense. The story drags on a bit, this book could have been written in half the amount of pages. There is too much initial information and the details weren't that necessary either. Overall, an interesting story about people smuggling, but not memorable.
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challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced