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

14 reviews

itsemuuu's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The amount of thought and research that went into this book is insane. A tragic and fascinating examination of gender and class in Victorian London.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Trafficking

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

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

gabriella_brown's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is a beautifully written and angry exploration of the lives of the women murdered by Jack the Ripper. It de-bunks common misconceptions about the victims and gives an intelligent insight into their experiences as working class women in Victorian London.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicide, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This is a sincere and well-researched account of the lives of the five women killed by Jack the ripper. Hallie Rubenhold ensures their legacies with her diligent research and her focus on the lives of the women, over their gruesome and mythologized deaths. In contextualizing the sexual climate of the Victorian era, Rubenhold offers a vivid image of the nuanced worlds these women lived in, often so different from the straight laced Victorian England canonized today.

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

kb_sherman's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Murder, and Alcohol

revived_reading's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The way Hallie Rubenhold writes, you can feel every single emotion she tries to convey. From dread to a bit of hope to powerless. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

bryonymarianne's review

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

odrib's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol