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The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women by Hallie Rubenhold
80 reviews
magicinwords23's review against another edition
2.0
The author tells the story of five women from the moment they were born to their death. The stories are very similar, poverty, child loss due to illness, alcoholism, homelessness, work houses and prostitution and to be honest by the third woman’s story I was quite bored.
There is a lot of speculation in this book by the author and not a lot of fact. We are not certain they were killed The Ripper and we are given no details of how or why.
This book was far too long at 348 pages. Not a thumbs up from me on this one I’m afraid.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and Sexual content
tlholmes's review against another edition
5.0
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
krisha's review against another edition
5.0
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 against another edition
5.0
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
laurareadsbig's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, and Murder
gabriella_brown's review against another edition
5.0
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
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
bellebookstitch666's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Grief, and Alcohol
siobhanward's review against another edition
4.0
Anyway, I'm glad I wound up trying this again because it was a great and informative read. I loved how Rubenhold told the women's stories, focusing on their lives rather than their deaths. It was a new angle for the Jack the Ripper story and it was well done. I'm really glad I didn't miss out on this one in the end!
Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent
beebeewin's review against another edition
4.5
Othe great quotes:
Shein anyone???- "Poor women's labor was cheap because poor women were considered expendable..."
One women, Elisabeth, was reported to police as a sex worker so she had to weekly strip and have her body searched for STIs along with other women, in public, and in the cold. "For a young women who had been raised in a religious community... the indignity of this experience would have been shocking. However, as Elisabeth was pregnant with a illegitimate child, is is likely that she, like so many women of her era, would have internalized the punishment as a justifiable one. Society and the church would have her believe she sinned against her parents, her community, herself, and God." Barf.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence
Minor: Child death and Sexual violence