A review by andyreadsfc
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Summary


43/70 points in the CAWPILE. The book follows Aubrey Rose in Victorian London. She has an uncommon interest for women at the time Forensic Science. Such passion and curiosity gets her, and the people who are most dear to her, involved in the hunt for one of the world’s most notorious serial killers: Jack the Ripper 

What I liked

  • The author has clearly researched the topic and you can tell she loves gothic literature. 

What I disliked

  • The first half of the book is really slow. Despite the fact that there’s a killer out there it felt like nothing was happening. 
  • The academic rivals to lovers was almost instantaneous 
  • Aubrey’s “feminist” approach that consisted mostly in hostility towards any man who would talk to her and the diminishing of other women that had not her same interests, privileges or access to knowledge. But then she would feel compassion towards Jack’s victims? 
  • The author blended several classic gothic plots into one single book making the end a little cluttered. 
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