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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
Veldig lærerik bok! Liker at den er skrevet av en historiker med kilder og alt, og hvordan hun skildrer fem damer fra fem forskjellige plasser og vilkår, og hvordan de alle endte med å bli drept. Liker at morderen ikke er i fokus, men kvinnene. Det var rett og slett ikke greit å være dame i 1880.
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emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
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informative
sad
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I could have done without the lecture in the afterword. I generally agree with the sentiment, but I felt like the author was yelling at me.
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I really enjoyed this book and the way it looked at the lives of the victims of Jack the Ripper and removing them from the label of 'prostitute'. There is a lot of 'likely' and 'probably' in their lives especially that of the final victim, Mary Jane Kelly, as we don't know a lot about their lives. There was also a lot of background information given that I personally didn't always feel was entirely necessary. However, this was still good and I would recommend to anyone with an interest in this period.
informative
If only history textbooks were framed as interestingly as this book. I might've enjoyed history as a subject a lot more back in secondary school.
The book focuses on the lives and stories of Jack's five canonical victims. While centering on these women, the author expands to explore Victorian society more broadly. By diving into their histories, we also learn about the cultural context, social expectations, political events, and how these factors shaped women's roles and beliefs during that era.
It took me so long to get through this book because almost any mention of an interesting historical detail sent me down Wikipedia rabbit holes. I'd get curious and end up jumping from link to link, reading up on supplementary material outside the book. Through this book, I learned about all sorts of random bits of Victorian history, including (to name a few off the top of my head) about Mary Frances Jeffries, the Eliza Armstrong case, the Contagious Diseases Acts, Princess Alice, etc.
The book focuses on the lives and stories of Jack's five canonical victims. While centering on these women, the author expands to explore Victorian society more broadly. By diving into their histories, we also learn about the cultural context, social expectations, political events, and how these factors shaped women's roles and beliefs during that era.
It took me so long to get through this book because almost any mention of an interesting historical detail sent me down Wikipedia rabbit holes. I'd get curious and end up jumping from link to link, reading up on supplementary material outside the book. Through this book, I learned about all sorts of random bits of Victorian history, including (to name a few off the top of my head) about Mary Frances Jeffries, the Eliza Armstrong case, the Contagious Diseases Acts, Princess Alice, etc.
Regardless, I enjoyed the reading experience. Always cool to learn new things. But I did knock down my rating slightly because I felt the author made significant leaps in interpreting the scarce historical records available for some of these women. While presenting historical evidence, I felt she frequently made extrapolations that didn't always feel factually sound or well-grounded.
Overall very informative, but ngl I'm personally uncertain about the accuracy of some of the conclusions drawn by the author about these women's histories.
Overall very informative, but ngl I'm personally uncertain about the accuracy of some of the conclusions drawn by the author about these women's histories.