Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

80 reviews

znvisser's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Some great work put into this! These five women were shamed by so many, their stories stuffed with assumptions and false scandal. But after all these years, this author somehow got the most detailed background on them together to draw a lively portrait of their lives. There is lots of historical context provided as well, so I learned a lot from this. It also helped to distinguish the five women, as they have been plagued by the same circumstances for a part. So well done, and a very interesting view into a few different lives in these times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder

ylimets's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

itsemuuu's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The amount of thought and research that went into this book is insane. A tragic and fascinating examination of gender and class in Victorian London.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Trafficking

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bdingz's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.5

Not only does this book paint a picture of Jack the Ripper’s victims, it gives the reader a very good idea of what life was like for middle and working class people in Victorian England. A fascinating and heartbreaking read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

readingelli's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Thought provoking, well researched. Some speculation, but all very well presented. Fascinating insight into working class women in Victorian England. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Poverty, sex workers/ prostitution, period typical attitudes to sex

will_cat_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

jessi_lou95's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexism, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

mahmabaer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

I enjoyed it for the most part and the author's basic theory

that all the women were not prostitutes

, does give one something to consider.  I do wish she hadn't been so heavyhanded in her attempt to find no blame towards the women themselves, as it makes it come across as if she is less interested in telling the stories of the five victims and more interested in proving her point.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jhbandcats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

What a tragic and depressing, albeit illuminating, book about the horrors of poverty in the late 19th C. We’ve all been told that Jack the Ripper killed prostitutes. This study shows how these morally superior judgments have come to inform everything we know about the case. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism