A review by nattycran
The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers by Scott Carney
3.0
3.5 stars.
I went through all possible emotions while reading this book. Except joy. Despite this, I cannot say that this is a moving book. The essays are high quality in information but outside of the bare facts (and horrors) there is not a huge emotional element. It was up to the reader to feel empathy, Carney did not personally encourage it. Take that as you will.
Outside of the chapter on egg donation in Cyprus, basically all of the chapters had to do with India (where Carney was living at the time). While this was very interesting, I think I would have enjoyed more examples from around the globe. Horrible things are happening all the time, let's spread the love.
I went through all possible emotions while reading this book. Except joy. Despite this, I cannot say that this is a moving book. The essays are high quality in information but outside of the bare facts (and horrors) there is not a huge emotional element. It was up to the reader to feel empathy, Carney did not personally encourage it. Take that as you will.
Outside of the chapter on egg donation in Cyprus, basically all of the chapters had to do with India (where Carney was living at the time). While this was very interesting, I think I would have enjoyed more examples from around the globe. Horrible things are happening all the time, let's spread the love.