A review by codykung021023
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

5.0

One of the best books I've ever read that focuses entirely on the victims of Jack the Ripper instead of the killer itself. In fact, it is often the case that serial killers are the subject of focus but rarely are the victims, especially for a serial killer whose identity was never discovered. This is a powerful book filled with extensive research that brings the focus back to the status of these women during the Victorian times, to stress that they are not "just prostitutes" as people often depict them as. At the same time it is a heavy book filled with the sense of aches when recounting these women's lives. Each of them has a distinct story to tell and it's great to finally have a book that helps to restore these women's dignity. At the end of the day, they are humans and they should be presented and remembered in their true self instead of some false depiction just to satisfy people's crave for legend and myth.