Reviews tagging 'Classism'

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

29 reviews

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, War, Classism, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

slinders's review against another edition

It just god too sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Violence, and Classism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I really appreciate how intensively this was researched, and I think it's a really important idea. I could definitely see revisiting this and reading it again in small pieces. It tells such an interesting story about just women in general during this time period in England, and I think it's fascinating how so many ideas that were standard then are still hanging on today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Addiction, Alcohol, Abandonment, Classism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Blood and Child death

entre_fanon_y_weil's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Classism, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

pedanther's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, Suicide, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Terminal illness

nieva098's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Classism, Medical trauma, and Sexism

jessfr08_'s review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Classism

lizclark81's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.75

Well-researched and written for a mass market audience, Rubenhold's stories really humanize these women without victim blaming them. Personally I struggled with the vignettes about Victorian London (not my favorite historical period) but the details did serve to portray the world in which the women lived. A solid historical non-fiction book that showcased how little has changed for female vicitims of violence, especially those living in poverty.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Classism, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

magibeth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Murder, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, Medical trauma, Grief, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Death of parent

abby_can_read's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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I enjoyed this book. It was well research and well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Misogyny, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual violence

Minor: Chronic illness and Mental illness