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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
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i found this a really interesting book
it goes into the background of the 5 women that where killed by Jack The Ripper to prove that four out of the five women where not prostitutes
i was amazing the detail information the author found out about these five women's lives.
and to be honest after listening to this I'm not convince that the 5th victim was killed by Jack the Ripper
it goes into the background of the 5 women that where killed by Jack The Ripper to prove that four out of the five women where not prostitutes
i was amazing the detail information the author found out about these five women's lives.
and to be honest after listening to this I'm not convince that the 5th victim was killed by Jack the Ripper
Turns out I find the living conditions of Victorian England boring to read about and miserable. I think I just expected it to be more focused on the individuals? This, for me, read more like a history book you'd of gotten in school
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This book is very well researched, and I really enjoyed it even though it often made me feel sad. The five women were all different and had different life stories, but they all were victims of not just Jack the Ripper but also of the systemic misogyny of the Victorian times. It's refreshing to see a narrative that goes beyond mere speculation about the killer's identity and instead honours the forgotten victims. It was also interesting to learn about day to day experiences of ordinary people from that era.
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The book covers the lives and times of the five women who were killed by Jack the Ripper. The author describes the women's lives and their whereabouts from the available documents of the time, even though many of the inquest documents are lost to time. It was depressing that the popular media declared them prostitutes even though there was no hard evidence, and in some cases, the people close to the victim declared they weren't prostitutes. Of course, no one knows who killed them or why. It was the easier answer to declare them prostitutes and Jack the Ripper a vigilante!
Reading about some of the women, you wonder why they chose that life or the habit when their life was good otherwise with a loving family, good education, and in the case of Anna, a better status. The times were hard and living as a single woman in the late 1800s was not easy. Alcohol addiction didn't help their lives at all. Their lives would have been different if only, a few circumstances were otherwise. How many such people were living in similar circumstances, not for the lack of better opportunities?
Reading about some of the women, you wonder why they chose that life or the habit when their life was good otherwise with a loving family, good education, and in the case of Anna, a better status. The times were hard and living as a single woman in the late 1800s was not easy. Alcohol addiction didn't help their lives at all. Their lives would have been different if only, a few circumstances were otherwise. How many such people were living in similar circumstances, not for the lack of better opportunities?
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i only read it for a challenge and i’m so glad i did. i didn’t even realize i’d spent my whole life minimizing these women as just some old timey prostitutes murdered by a freak who’s the actual story here. the author does a fantastic job of biography-ing (?) them as much as she is able, and she is so caring and thorough about it. i was quite surprised at first when finishing the section on annie that she didn’t touch on the death at all, but i realize now it was just another act of compassion. we know about their deaths. this book was about their lives.
Turns out I wasn't in the right headspace to learn about Victorian England living conditions for poor women.
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