A review by dozylocal
Trafficked by Sophie Hayes

3.0

First, she's not a writer and it shows. Parts of the book are quite repetitive and she glosses over some detail which I guess would help one empathise better but were, frankly, probably too painful to rehash (or she's chosen to block it out). If I take a step back and think about it, it is a harrowing and moving tale and one needs to admire her for her courage and what she's trying to do. Some of that emotional connection is lost in the writing. I also didn't realise that trafficking happened to 'people like me', so that was an eye opener and if you have teenage girls as daughters or relatives, adding this book to their reading list is possibly a good idea from an awareness perspective. It also made me wonder: is there someone in my community who may be a trafficking victim and I just don't know it?