Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

36 reviews

znvisser's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Some great work put into this! These five women were shamed by so many, their stories stuffed with assumptions and false scandal. But after all these years, this author somehow got the most detailed background on them together to draw a lively portrait of their lives. There is lots of historical context provided as well, so I learned a lot from this. It also helped to distinguish the five women, as they have been plagued by the same circumstances for a part. So well done, and a very interesting view into a few different lives in these times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder

bdingz's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.5

Not only does this book paint a picture of Jack the Ripper’s victims, it gives the reader a very good idea of what life was like for middle and working class people in Victorian England. A fascinating and heartbreaking read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

jessi_lou95's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

mahmabaer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

I enjoyed it for the most part and the author's basic theory

that all the women were not prostitutes

, does give one something to consider.  I do wish she hadn't been so heavyhanded in her attempt to find no blame towards the women themselves, as it makes it come across as if she is less interested in telling the stories of the five victims and more interested in proving her point.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jhbandcats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

What a tragic and depressing, albeit illuminating, book about the horrors of poverty in the late 19th C. We’ve all been told that Jack the Ripper killed prostitutes. This study shows how these morally superior judgments have come to inform everything we know about the case. 

The author focuses on the women, only referring to Jack the Ripper as their murderer. She has done extensive research to find out who these women were and what their lives were like, such that they ended up dead in the gutter. All these women came from working class families but because they were born female, the deck was stacked against them. The smallest setback could literally ruin someone’s life. 

By viewing these women with compassion instead of condemnation, we can see who they really were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

taylasreading's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

tlholmes's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Women’s history, non fiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

thinkingcatss's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eve81's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

laurareadsbig's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, and Murder