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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
36 reviews
tiernanhunter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism
jacs63's review
5.0
It gives a face, a name and a voice, to the 5 victims of JtR.
We so often only hear about the perpetrator, and not the victims.
The book discusses the fact that thru the falsehood and misinformation spread by the Metropolitan Police and journalists at the time, it was convenient for us all to think that JtR only killed prostitutes.
Only 2 of the 5 were actually known to be sex workers.
There is no evidence that the other 3 were sex workers at all, but I for one believed the misinformation that was spread.
One thing that all 5 women shared was that they are all alcoholics.
I wonder why??
Maybe because cheap alcohol was the only thing that dulled the pain, if only for a while, of the poverty; the hunger; the homelessness; the early death of family members, including their own spouses or their own babies/ children; the death sentence that they were given if their spouse died and left them, and their children, destitute; their treatment as a woman with no legal rights; the living hell that was the 'Workhouse'; the lack of education for woman; the disease; the filth and vermin; the lack of medicines; the lack of clean water and sanitation; the violence; the lack of hope, respect and dignity etc etc etc.
Basically the treatment of women/girls in the 1800's.
It's full of interesting and informative historical facts about what life, and death, was like, for women in particular, in the Victorian 1800's.
It's sad and horrific and devastating. It's a book that won't leave me for a while, I don't think.
Probably not a book to read if you are depressed or feeling melancholic.
We will never know who JtR was.
But we can know who his victims were.
These women were daughters; sisters; wives; lovers; mothers; friends.
May they never be forgotten.
RIP and love, Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Kate and Mary Jane.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Incest
pedanther's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Rape, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Abandonment
nieva098's review
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Miscarriage, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism
louisemcaw's review
4.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Alcohol
amelia_douglas's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Misogyny, and Trafficking
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual assault
abby_can_read's review
4.0
I enjoyed this book. It was well research and well written.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Chronic illness and Mental illness
revived_reading's review
5.0
This book opens your eyes not only to the lives of these 5 women, but to the lives of many, many women in the Victorian era.
Hallie Rubenhold truly gave back these women their stories and their lives. She gave them the respect they were never given. She gave them justice.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
annamorgan27's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Trafficking