Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

99 reviews

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

kgrace_s's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, and Murder

mwreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Brilliant book, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the victims of Jack the Riper. It is a bit slow in places as it is a factual history book. The bits J found dry were the parts about finance and spending however it was interwoven and entirely relevant so it’s still worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

imogencate's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

4.0

I have to admit that when I first picked up this book I thought it was a true crime novel, and not a book about history. However, I enjoyed this book much more than I thought I was going to. The stories of the women are so heart-wrenching yet so similar, which gives us an insight into what it meant to be a woman in the late 1800’s. The only issue I had with this book was the fact is heavily focused on proving the fact that these women weren’t prostitutes, without mentioning that, if they had been prostitutes, their murders wouldn’t have been any less unjust or upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder

rhiannonxgrace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad

5.0

What an incredible book. I really enjoy Rubenhold’s writing style and find her to be an easy read, which can’t be said about all historians! This was a rough read, and more than once I had to pause and step away for a little while simply due to the content. But I am so glad I read this. It’s so important to move the focus back on to the womens’ lives and show them as fully fledged people, something that is often discarded when it comes to the Whitechapel murders.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

abception's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Murder

cjblates's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Murder

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Hardgoing in places and I can’t lie, I’m glad I’ve finished it at last. But I have to give it 4 stars rather than 3 on the strength of the conclusion alone. It feels like a really significant piece of work, a powerful exercise in empathy and, as Rubenhold puts it in the interview included at the back, ‘alchemy or reimagination.’ I hope the Five spirits feel honoured; God rest them, and God forgive us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Moderate: Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

nataliect13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, and Death of parent

clawrence345's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death

Moderate: Grief and Murder