Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

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

49 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

abi_sarah's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

An expertly written documentary of the lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. The amount of research that went into writing this book is clear from the offset and the writing is engaging, emotional and empathetic. You really start to grow attached to the women and feel a profound sadness and heartfelt sympathies for the way society dictated that they lived their lives and subsequently the end that met them. 

Hallie Rubenhold really sets the scene of Victorian London and effortlessly introduces each of the victims with the societal norms and prejudices which forced them - in most cases - to live largely unhappy lives. She describes what it’s like to live in workhouses and what little privacy there is for those who live in them - perhaps explaining why now we value privacy so much as a society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Grief, and Pregnancy

misskatya13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ylimets's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

bookshelfhannah's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

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

krisha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Grief

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