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

119 reviews

thinkingcatss's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

eve81's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

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

laurareadsbig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, and Child death

msbedelia's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Classism, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, and Trafficking

beccalou's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder and Rape

gabriella_brown's review against another edition

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: Violence, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Child death, Classism, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Suicide

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, War, Classism, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

bellebookstitch666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

I had this on my TBR years ago and then dropped it because I didn't like the writing style. I remember there being a lot more conversations in the book (i.e. "so and so woke up and said x to her mother"), but that was not something in the book at all. Everything was either cited from primary sources (either specific to the women or general for the time), or was posed as a hypothetical ("she likely..." or "it's possible.."), so I have no idea what I was thinking?

Anyway, I'm glad I wound up trying this again because it was a great and informative read. I loved how Rubenhold told the women's stories, focusing on their lives rather than their deaths. It was a new angle for the Jack the Ripper story and it was well done. I'm really glad I didn't miss out on this one in the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, Violence, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent