This is an important topic to tackle, and the anecdotes and research presented in this book are eye-opening. I especially liked the attempt to make explicit the connection between the garment industry and sex work, and the book's use of visual story-telling as a means of communicating these issues. Some of the vignettes, especially about the Austrian garment industry (who knew!), the unfair trade agreements that privilege the US/EU consumer, and the parallels between the global industry today vs...

Well researched and very informative and thought-provoking. Just very choppy in feel. I’m glad to have read this.

I was really interested in the message of this book. However, I don't think the content meshed well with the graphic novel format. There were way too many facts presented in small bits, and at times, I had to squint to read the incredibly tiny font. I couldn't get into this book because of the format.

Good idea. Bad execution. It should not have taken me 3 days to get through a short graphic novel.

This books covers so many important topics that I don't want to give it a low rating because I don't want to discourage anyone from reading it. It's a good introduction to the behind-the-scenes overlap of the international garment industry, fast fashion, and the sex trade. The discussion of the distinction between sex workers and trafficked victims was valuable, though I bought the book to learn about the garment factories where so many women of the world are working, in such miserable condition...

I appreciated the majority of the comics but there was one or two in which the text was so extremely thin and tiny I couldn't make out the majority of the words even though the the Overdrive website gives you the ability to enlarge images.

Personally, I think this book is brilliant. Yes, not all illustrations are easy to read, but besides layout issues, I found the content very well written. It's a brief but compelling explanation of the relationship between global capitalism, consumerism and labour exploitation, that examines in particular the connection between the garment industry and sex work. I really liked the fact that the book centres sex workers' experiences, and dismantles the 'moral panic' surrounding the anti-trafficki...

A hard, in-depth look at the hidden costs of the modern fashion industry. There's more to it than just sweatshop labor. This is some impressive comics journalism as Anne Elizabeth Moore teams up with a bunch of talented artists--Julia Gfrörer, Simon Häussle, Melissa Mendes, and more. Everything is documented and footnoted, and the whole picture is depressing enough to make one want to chuck clothing all together and become a nudist. If I have a complaint about this book, it is that the pages are...

This book suffers from a serious need for further editing. Non-sequiturs and logical inconsistencies abound. The handwriting on many of the comics is nigh unreadably tiny. I had to hold it inches from my face and squint. And that’s when it’s black text on white paper. Sometimes it’s dark red text on black ink. Completely impossible. Who planned this? The Austria chapter is nearly unreadable for how often it changes topic or authorship with no indication, and veers off course. I think probably th...

I received a copy of this book for free through a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway.A complex issue organized and laid out in sections of comics with a brief introduction to each section. The content is important and enlightening and Moore does a wonderful job of tying everything together at the end; explaining how the fashion industry, sex workers and NGO's are all intertwined with each other. The book is unique in using comics to explain the issues present. The format wasn't appealing to me, but

This one was pretty disappointing. The subject matter is absolutely critical, and there was clearly a lot of research that went into it. But it was very uneven, in scope and complexity and especially visual presentation, and everything was so small, it was extremely hard to read and understand. Meanwhile, here we were reaching pretty much peak Jugs & Capes with a garden-party meetup complete with nachotots, kolaches, and hand-churned ice cream, oh be still my hipster heart.

What a disservice to graphic novels. It is a worthy subject, but the use of comics betrays a poor understanding and a horrible execution of the medium. It is basically text over layer on drawings. The words are in microscopic print, while the pictures do not add anything to the story. In terms of content, it is a timely subject. Some connections are assumed to be obvious but are wanting for more facts. Maybe I knew too much already. I am a big fan of graphic novels as a potent medium for explain...

I'm glad I read this and it packed a lot of information into a small volume. I actually found it a little hard to read because I'm not used to reading graphic novels, and that's probably why I rated it lower than I might have otherwise. The fonts were a little annoying. But content-wise, it's really an interesting book about how clothing production relates to sex-trafficking and how it's a worldwide complicated problem.

This book is worth reading, however I felt that the comic format was somewhat underutilized in parts. This may be because so many cartoonists had a part in it, but some definitely stood out more than others. I think I would have enjoyed this more in its original serial format more than as a collection. I would have been less tempted to compare the artists against each other, even if it was subconscious at first.The book also seemed to lose its way in the middle. The latter half was excellent, an...

A chilling account that - in spite of technical flaws - will leave you wanting to set the world on fire.

(3.5 stars) This book is part of an important discussion that we should be having, but the execution was kind of lacking. I'm not altogether ignorant of the effects of fast fashion and sex trafficking, but I'm also kind of a newb about all this, and the information presented in the graphic novel format was a little murky to understand. I really liked the idea of these topics shown in comic panels, but each chapter (four in all) only touched on the surface of everything and didn't really give me

Interesting subject, but not enough focus. Some of the texts are really small and the comics do not really add anything to the story. Three stars though as this subject is worth any attention.

I was excited about the concept of the book, but the execution left a bit to be desired. the book is boring in some places and hard to follow in others. The last part though (the book is split into 4 parts) is a must-read for any feminist. It details the way in which anti-human trafficking policy often works in favor of only garment companies and large religious organizations, and actually works against the interests of women in the garment and sex industries. A very interesting book, especially...

Wow. I wasn’t expecting that. Interesting ideas. I’m spiraling with whether I fully accept sex work, will have to seek out more information. Willing to consider easy to read/access suggestions for sources.

Reviewed without finishing- I almost *never* do this, but I have to put this book aside. I think it’s a great premise and important information to be shared, but unfortunately this book is not accessible at all. The print is so so small in areas that it’s physically painful for me to try to read. Flipping through, I can see that some panels are better than others, but too much of this book borders on illegible. I would not recommend this book.