Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

69 reviews

taylasreading's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

magicinwords23's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

This is not about Jacks the Ripper at all. He gets about five lines in total in this book. 

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and Sexual content

tlholmes's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Women’s history, non fiction 

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Content Warnings

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

thinkingcatss's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

eve81's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

msbedelia's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism

beccalou's review

dark informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape and Murder

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

bellebookstitch666's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Grief, and Alcohol