Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

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

46 reviews

keeganrb's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Domestic abuse

camz's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Un libro difícil de digerir. Pero era exactamente lo que buscaba de un libro así, incluso diría que más ya que se preocupa no solo de contarte lo que se sabe de la vida de estas mujeres sino que se preocupa de darte el contexto de por qué sus vidas fueron lo que fueron. 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Miscarriage

Minor: Trafficking

cleina241's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

bryonymarianne's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A well-written and thoroughly researched accounting of the history and lives of the five Victorian era women who eventually became the presumed victims of the serial killer dubbed Jack the Ripper. The violence that ended each of their lives is not the focus, and is mentioned only in passing as the end of each woman's life. These accounts are representative of the experiences of many non-wealthy women of the time and area-- the precarities of trying to remain out of poverty and destitution, the limited choices available to women and families without financial resources, the living conditions faced in workhouses or the kind of lodging houses available to lower classes-- but provide specifics details of each woman's life. While this book is important in humanizing and dispelling some myths about these murder victims and their lives, I didn't give a higher rating because some of the language and insinuations are a bit outdated (e.g., some of the things mentioned re: sex work, addiction, or poverty/homelessness). Basically, it would have been super progressive like... 10 or 15 years ago. Still worth a read, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Minor: Abortion, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

katievh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Infidelity, Infertility, and Terminal illness

liviy0017's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

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: 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

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: 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

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, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Sexism