Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

47 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Trafficking, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content, Violence, and Murder

mattyyreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

laurosaurs's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

It is good to see the victims of Jack the Ripper as human beings instead of faceless statistics to be gawked at. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Trafficking, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Rape

Minor: Racism, Gore, and Xenophobia

There is a lot of talk about the abuse within the workhouses and dissolving of familial dynamics.

walkie_check's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Child death

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

rach59r's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Violence, and Classism

epeolatri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I have never heard anything about the women killed by jack the ripper before this book. It was very well informed and I’m so glad I read it. As the author said, it is important to remember these women as human beings and not just victims of a famous man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Addiction, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Classism, Death, Alcoholism, Child death, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

I love learning about history, and listening to this book is no exception. 
I found myself lost in the past listening to each woman's life and how much hardship she had to go through, and at the same time getting a glimpse into the 19th century London.
Learning more about the everyday living of the working class, opposed to the high society that has been better documented and preserved over the years, was a new outlook on what the 19th century expected of society and what support was offered to them.

I found myself talking to anyone who would listen to me about this book, and would recommend it to anyone who likes learning about the 19th century history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility, Physical abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, and Murder

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