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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
64 reviews
odrib's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Misogyny
alyciamck's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Death
rhiannonxgrace's review against another edition
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.
Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Violence
rosalind's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Toxic relationship
atsundarsingh's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Misogyny
thepassivebookworm's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual violence
clara_ross94's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Infertility and Child death
distilledreads's review against another edition
5.0
“The truth of these women’s lives is not simple … Ultimately, no one really cared about who they were or how they ended up in Whitechapel.”
“In order to gawp at and examine the miracle of malevolence we have figuratively stepped over the bodies of those [Jack the Ripper] murdered, and in some cases, stopped to kick them as we walked past. The larger his profile grows, the more those of his victims seems to fade.”
“In order to keep him alive, we have had to forget his victims. We have become complicit in their diminishment.”
“The fibres that have clung to and defined the shape of Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Kate, and Mary Jane’s stories are the values of the Victorian world. They are male, authoritarian, and middle class.”
“Just as it did in the nineteenth century, the notion that the victims were ‘only prostitutes’ perpetuates the belief that there are good women and bad women, madonnas and whores.
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“Labelling the victims as ‘just prostitutes’ permits those writing about Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Kate, and Mary Jane even today to continue to disparage them; to continue to reinforce the values of Madonna/whore.”
“By permitting [the women] to speak, by attempting to understand their experiences and see their humanity, we can restore to them the respect and compassion to which they are entitled. The victims of Jack the Ripper were never ‘just prostitutes’; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that in itself is enough.”
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexism
womanwill's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Trafficking and Miscarriage
sophiet's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Murder