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Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

60 reviews

sbbailey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I WAS RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING 
^small phrases add up to so much

but seriously guys thomas is the loml and he definitely looks like snow, audrey rose has more balls than i ever could but now i can’t sleep bc so many thoughts!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical content, Cannibalism, Misogyny, and Blood

fiolud's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Body horror, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Cannibalism, and Suicide

abbypeekreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Medical content, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death of parent

qcupquake's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Stalking Jack the Ripper
5/5

- THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD

- I KNEWWWW IT I KNEW IT WAS THE BROTHER

- thomas>>>>>>>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Sexism, Addiction, Cannibalism, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

hannaemilia's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Medical content, Violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Animal death, and Vomit

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Medical content, Blood, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

imbored_soillread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

First, a rant about the mc and then I’ll tell y’all how great this book is. I think she was insufferable at times. I’m not sure if this was the authors intention or not, but I found myself hating her point of view a couple times in the story. I am completely all for powerful women, but Audrey seemed to consider herself smarter and morally higher than everyone else in the story. Maybe pride is intentionally her main flaw, but I couldn’t stand it most of the time. She often ignored the adults in her life in the name of feminism to do absolutely stupid things because she believes herself, a 17 year old teen, above death and injury. This does get better as the series moves forward though. I did enjoy the plot and will be reading the next in the series. The characters were worth rooting for for the most part, and I didn’t see most of the main twists coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Extra warning- take’s God’s name in vain and looks down on religion. Makes sense in the context of the book but I think people should know what they are getting into if it goes against their religious beliefs.

bzliz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

This fictionalization of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders stars Audrey Rose Wadsworth, a young lady yet to make her society debut who prefers apprenticing in autopsies with her uncle to attending teas and such as young ladies of the time “should” do. In doing so she meets Thomas Cresswell, a handsome but arrogant student of her uncle’s who also apprentices for him. The pair immerse themselves deeply in the crimes to help stop the vicious killer and they can’t seem to stay apart from each other. They chase clues and face setbacks together, sharing theories and ensuring her uncle isn’t executed after being falsely accused of the crimes, but perhaps the real killer is still someone close to her. 

The book is well paced and I appreciate that Audrey Rose doesn’t fall too deeply into the “not like other girls” trap. Despite her drive toward macabre science, she still enjoys fine dresses and makeup like her peers, though she does find it hard to relate to their lack of drive toward being more than a future wife. I wish we’d gotten to see more interaction with her cousin Liza; I think she could use a positive female presence on her side given the heavy male influence around her. 

Like many mysteries, the characters don’t get a lot of development. The greatest changes here are shown only in how Audrey Rose and Thomas’s dynamic shifts to be more like partners than adversaries. I hope there’s more personal growth in the next book but I’m not holding my breath for it. 

The ending does go a bit off the rails but in a fun way. The real killer is

Audrey Rose’s brother Nathaniel. She followed much evidence proclaiming her father as the killer but in truth her brother became obsessed with bringing their mother back to life in some kind of Frankenstein style experiment. This is why he was killing and harvesting organs of women who he saw as being worthless to society.

The reveal could have played out longer and the change of heart setting up the next book felt a little heavy handed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Gore, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Alcohol

anazap's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I read the authors note at the end that explains some of the inaccuracies included, and I’m (slightly) less bothered by them with these explanations. 

The two main characters were still insufferable. If I hear “not the kind of girl” one more time I will scream. 

It was a fun read though, even if the twist wasn’t entirely surprising.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cannibalism