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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
74 reviews
will_cat_books's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Addiction, Child death, Murder, Classism, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
jessi_lou95's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Minor: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Trafficking
mahmabaer's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Death, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Bullying, Death of parent, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence
jhbandcats's review against another edition
5.0
The author focuses on the women, only referring to Jack the Ripper as their murderer. She has done extensive research to find out who these women were and what their lives were like, such that they ended up dead in the gutter. All these women came from working class families but because they were born female, the deck was stacked against them. The smallest setback could literally ruin someone’s life.
By viewing these women with compassion instead of condemnation, we can see who they really were.
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Classism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Murder
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: Child death, Sexual content, Addiction, and Alcoholism
tlholmes's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Trafficking, Classism, Death, Grief, Sexism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Alcoholism
krisha's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Rape
thinkingcatss's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Death, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Medical content, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence
laurareadsbig's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, and Child death
gabriella_brown's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Child death, Classism, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Suicide