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A review by sophblanchard
Trafficked by Sophie Hayes
3.0
Read this for my masters at uni but it’s the area of study I’m going into!
Honestly an awful story to read because of the trauma and exploitation and I’m saying this as a academic who researches modern slavery but it was hard to read and the first few chapters was not needed to explain the trauma or exploitation that occurred. Because the issues with her father when she was young did not play into how she was trafficked - it was separate trauma. Which is still awful and I honestly am so glad she was able to recover from this and start a foundation to help other women, but those chapters were put in there for a sales point of view, because the public would way rather read a book with degrading facts than about someone who is a victim of labour exploitation.
But, the story does help to raise awareness for this awful crime that does happen a lot in the UK and it needs to be a wider recognised crime then it is currently! It’s not just an overseas crime, UK nationals were the highest referred victims in 2021!!
Honestly an awful story to read because of the trauma and exploitation and I’m saying this as a academic who researches modern slavery but it was hard to read and the first few chapters was not needed to explain the trauma or exploitation that occurred. Because the issues with her father when she was young did not play into how she was trafficked - it was separate trauma. Which is still awful and I honestly am so glad she was able to recover from this and start a foundation to help other women, but those chapters were put in there for a sales point of view, because the public would way rather read a book with degrading facts than about someone who is a victim of labour exploitation.
But, the story does help to raise awareness for this awful crime that does happen a lot in the UK and it needs to be a wider recognised crime then it is currently! It’s not just an overseas crime, UK nationals were the highest referred victims in 2021!!