A review by shgmclicious
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall

The thing about reviewing books that are true stories of brutal, horrendous experiences is that basically no one allows you to critique the BOOK because they think you are invalidating, delegitimizing, or diminishing the pain the author experienced. And that's not fair or true. This book tells a compelling story, to be sure, but I found the writing style and voice inconsistent (probably because it's as-told-to) and awkward a lot of the time. That's not to say I wouldn't recommend the book to anyone interested in social justice or human trafficking or anything like that, but literary marvel, it's not.