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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
dark
informative
medium-paced
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexism, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse
Minor: Trafficking
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
medium-paced
Another non-fiction book where the author tries to force a narrative regardless of whether there is actual proof of their position or not. Speculation and lurid conjecture are presented as more established. Also excessive use of examples or comparatives such that by the end the listener is no longer sure of the point of the statements.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
Beautifully written, I could visualise so much about London at that time from the descriptions. Fascinating and heartbreaking.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
I read this alternating between audiobook and hardback. The book is well crafted, bridging historical research with contextual assumptions inferred from historical clues.
The author’s style is engaging and accessible. The content sheds light on a common subject but through a distinct new lens, frame and with care / compassionate for the women involved. The narration for the audiobook is particularly well done.
The author’s style is engaging and accessible. The content sheds light on a common subject but through a distinct new lens, frame and with care / compassionate for the women involved. The narration for the audiobook is particularly well done.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This book gives everything the Jack Ripper mythos/history denies the victims - being seen as humans with lives and worth.
The book is excellently well resourced. Rubenhold never puts words into the women's mouths. If there is no info on what happened during a period, then Rubenhold says that.
The role of Victorian society and sexism had in these women's lives, suffering and deaths of these women has long needed examining and focus. These women have been cast aside becuase they have been branded worthless fallen women. A issue many female victims face if they don't fit into the Madonna ideal and are seen as "The Whore". I hope this book can change the narrative on this women and allow them to be seen as human beings.
The book is excellently well resourced. Rubenhold never puts words into the women's mouths. If there is no info on what happened during a period, then Rubenhold says that.
The role of Victorian society and sexism had in these women's lives, suffering and deaths of these women has long needed examining and focus. These women have been cast aside becuase they have been branded worthless fallen women. A issue many female victims face if they don't fit into the Madonna ideal and are seen as "The Whore". I hope this book can change the narrative on this women and allow them to be seen as human beings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fatphobia, Death of parent
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced