Fishnet, by Kirsten Innes
Simon & Schuster Canada - 2019
General Fiction - Contemporary - Women's
Print
351 Pages
General Fiction - Contemporary - Women's
351 Pages
* I received this ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada in exchange of an honest review. This does not influence the following opinions which are my own.
One woman's mystery and a peek into the world of modern sex-trade.
Six years ago, Fiona's sister Rona calls her in a panic. When Fiona goes to pick her up she finds Rona now has a baby and isn't coping well. She brings her sister and the baby back to her home, but come morning her sister is gone and she is now left alone with the baby. Rona has vanished and is not seen or heard from again, leaving Fiona to raise the baby as her own.
Fiona's search for her sister takes a turn when she learns her sister was trading sex for money at the time of her disappearance, Her search now takes her into the world of the sex trade and she soon learns it is not necessarily quite what she thought it was.
I had some conflicting feelings about this book.
What I really liked was the general story line - the devoted sister in search of her long lost sibling, and more importantly, the way it examines the world of sex trade workers with compassion and without prejudice. Innes is effective in showing that not all sex workers are strung-out, abused, or broken victims. While society debates the merits of criminalization vs decriminalization, Innes has created a book that is both a provocative and poignant window to the issues of those workers today.
What I didn't like as much was they style in which it was delivered. Too many jumps in time lines and points of view. For myself it just didn't have a smooth flow, I also had a little trouble in the areas where a local Scottish dialect figured prominently in a phonetic way. Words like "fer", "Somewan", "dinnay", etc. Certainly not a deal breaker, but something that did detract from the overall enjoyment for me.
Overall, Fishnet is a good example of women's fiction that explores the many facets of sex trade workers and society's views on them.
Six years ago, Fiona's sister Rona calls her in a panic. When Fiona goes to pick her up she finds Rona now has a baby and isn't coping well. She brings her sister and the baby back to her home, but come morning her sister is gone and she is now left alone with the baby. Rona has vanished and is not seen or heard from again, leaving Fiona to raise the baby as her own.
Fiona's search for her sister takes a turn when she learns her sister was trading sex for money at the time of her disappearance, Her search now takes her into the world of the sex trade and she soon learns it is not necessarily quite what she thought it was.
I had some conflicting feelings about this book.
What I really liked was the general story line - the devoted sister in search of her long lost sibling, and more importantly, the way it examines the world of sex trade workers with compassion and without prejudice. Innes is effective in showing that not all sex workers are strung-out, abused, or broken victims. While society debates the merits of criminalization vs decriminalization, Innes has created a book that is both a provocative and poignant window to the issues of those workers today.
What I didn't like as much was they style in which it was delivered. Too many jumps in time lines and points of view. For myself it just didn't have a smooth flow, I also had a little trouble in the areas where a local Scottish dialect figured prominently in a phonetic way. Words like "fer", "Somewan", "dinnay", etc. Certainly not a deal breaker, but something that did detract from the overall enjoyment for me.
Overall, Fishnet is a good example of women's fiction that explores the many facets of sex trade workers and society's views on them.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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