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

32 reviews

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

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I really appreciate how intensively this was researched, and I think it's a really important idea. I could definitely see revisiting this and reading it again in small pieces. It tells such an interesting story about just women in general during this time period in England, and I think it's fascinating how so many ideas that were standard then are still hanging on today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Blood

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

emilo's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use and Death of parent

amelia_douglas's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bthkly's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

5.0

As a history teacher I sought out this book to help with subject knowledge surrounding the GCSE history course. I came away with a much more valuable reflection on the lives of women in the 19th century and the misconceptions we may hold about the past due to still present social attitudes. Opens your eyes to the reality of the case and refocuses attention on the people who should matter in the story of a killer - the victims. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

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