Summary

43/70 points in the CAWPILE. The book follows Aubrey Rose in Victorian London. She has an uncommon interest for women at the time Forensic Science. Such passion and curiosity gets her, and the people who are most dear to her, involved in the hunt for one of the world’s most notorious serial killers: Jack the Ripper

What I liked

The author has clearly researched the topic and you can tell she loves gothic literature.

What I disliked

The first half of the book is really slow. Despite the fact that there’s a killer out there it felt like nothing was happening.
The academic rivals to lovers was almost instantaneous
Aubrey’s “feminist” approach that consisted mostly in hostility towards any man who would talk to her and the diminishing of other women that had not her same interests, privileges or access to knowledge. But then she would feel compassion towards Jack’s victims?
The author blended several classic gothic plots into one single book making the end a little cluttered.

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adventurous dark funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It took me a while to get into this book but I couldn’t put it down! The descriptions & some pictures are so creepy but I really enjoyed the writing. The ending definitely made up for the slow start!

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hannahs_library_'s review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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iseefirede's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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m4evzie's review

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adventurous dark informative mysterious 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

3.0

3/5 stars.
first half was so booooooooring and cluttered with info! and the author cant write a good empowering female character for shit bro
😭 audrey is just so “i'm not like other girls!" and her character doesnt seem to have a unique trait whatsoever? and its just too unrealistic, i swear.
what a way to start 2024 i guess.
i mean, for a bit, the plot was intriguing and i was engaged with it by the 60% mark, but the ending disappointed me too much.
thomas was a fun character tho, not particularly well-written, but he’s charming and quick-witted and probably has adhd a.k.a i like him the best bc hes just so me.
props to this book for giving us absolutely nothing!!!!

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sbbailey's review against another edition

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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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koerli's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Sehr guter kriminal Roman mit mal wieder starken Charakteren. Sehr geschickt die Details mit eingesponnen. Das Ende habe ich dennoch nicht kommen sehen. Lediglich, das versteifen auf dem Vater als Mörder von ihr war zu viel, da musste was falsch sein.

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