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A review by kcoccia
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
4.0
I really enjoyed it. I thought it was going to be more historical fiction like but it read more like a biography of 5 women. I do wonder how they know specific things about the women... or is it just speculation?
Things that ran through my mind:
1. The amount of children people had back then just blows my mind. 1 pregnancy after the other and then you die... good lord.
2. Every woman ended up in the predicament she was in because she "liked to drink" or was a full blown alcoholic.... how do you know this?
3. So many assumptions about everything. It was very entertaining and it's clearly a very popular book but why write a book about these women's lives if you're just making assumptions about the majority of their lives.
4. The lives of women have really come a long way.
Things that ran through my mind:
1. The amount of children people had back then just blows my mind. 1 pregnancy after the other and then you die... good lord.
2. Every woman ended up in the predicament she was in because she "liked to drink" or was a full blown alcoholic.... how do you know this?
3. So many assumptions about everything. It was very entertaining and it's clearly a very popular book but why write a book about these women's lives if you're just making assumptions about the majority of their lives.
4. The lives of women have really come a long way.