On The Farm by Stevie Cameron

I wish I could say that I enjoyed this book in the way you enjoy all good books. I can't.

This book was amazing, well written, meticulously detailed and very very hard to read. Hard because as a Canadian, I am at a loss for words to describe how disgusted, appalled and horrified I am at the marginalization of the Missing Women. The criminal negligence (yes, I am calling it criminal) of the VPD is literally stunning. I don't think I have ever seen anything like it anywhere. To simply ignore that all of these women were going missing and say it was because they were addicts and whores is one thing. To continue to stonewall even after it was well known that the VPD bungled the case beyond recognition is absolutely unconscionable. There are no words, no excuses and no reasons that all of those in the VPD involved in the marginalization of these women should not lose their pensions and possibly face charges.

I call them the missing women, I refuse to call them the Pickton Women because he is a non-entity to me. He is hideous, evil, crafty, cunning, and knew exactly what he was doing. He knew that no one would care about these women. He knew the police would look the other way and ignore the desperation of the families and friends. The volunteers who ran WISH and the Health Vans.

People who look for a happy ending in stories should not read this book. There is no happy ending here. Pickton is alive, these women are dead and the worst of it is, he could have been stopped had it not been for the VPD.

All of that being said, I highly recommend this book. Stevie Cameron did a superb job and wrote details that must have horrified her. She wrote them unflinchingly and gave a bird's eye view.