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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
7 reviews
fyre_flies's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
kaanda's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Grief, Ableism, and Child death
directorpurry's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
sailorsdelight's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexism, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
angelfireeast24's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Minor: Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Animal death, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse
booksnbakes's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child death and Murder
Moderate: Blood and Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
lilifane's review against another edition
3.5
On the one hand the book was very interesting, extremely well researched, I learned a lot! But on the other hand it dragged from time to time because of the huge amount of information that wasn't directly connected to the main topic.
This book is mainly about a true crime that happened in 1850. It's about an actual murder invetigation, about one of the very first real life detectives and about real people involved in one way or another with the case. But it's also a book about fictional detective stories in that time, a genre that was just being created and mostly inpired by this murder case.
As much as I enjoyed the connection to fiction in the beginning, it got a little tedious at some point. There were just too many quotes. I wish there was more focus on the actual investigation instead, but I guess there wasn't much more to be discovered. Because omg the investigation methods back then were shockingly unprofessional.
What I really liked was how the book is structured and the fact that it ctually follows all people involved until their death. It was so interesting to learn what became of everyone afterwards. I get that it's not interesting for readers who only want to know "who dunnit" but for me it brought some kind of closure.
But I didn't enjoy how detailed the other cases Jack Whicher investigated were described.
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Blood, Death, Medical content, and Murder