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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
64 reviews
nieva098's review against another edition
4.0
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
amelia_douglas's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Trafficking, Death, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Sexual assault and Miscarriage
bthkly's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Trafficking, Miscarriage, Child death, and Pregnancy
abby_can_read's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book. It was well research and well written.
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
figmentfan89's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Classism, Addiction, and Alcoholism
funsizesteffi1104's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Trafficking, Child death, Miscarriage, Death, Murder, and Child abuse
kb_sherman's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, Murder, and Suicide
shelbyslifer's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Murder, Sexism, Child death, Classism, Death, Misogyny, Child abuse, Addiction, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Antisemitism and Trafficking
lavenderlilacs1912's review against another edition
4.75
Central to Rubenhold's book is the argument that the cultural depictions of these five murdered women as "prostitutes" is mistaken and even downright false. Indeed, she argues that of the five women, only two were had ever conclusively engaged in prostitution. Throughout the book, she paints portraits of women who struggled with abuse, addiction, illness, and above all poverty. That poverty, and it's resulting homelessness led to their misclassifications, because in the morally unforgiving and strict Victorian era, the police, media, and the mostly middle to upper class public they catered to could not possibly have conceived them to be anything else.
It's a compelling argument. I'm inclined to agree with it, although I would have liked to see a better organization of the book's thesis. Above all, it's a moving and sad account of the lives of Mary Ann, Annie, Elizabeth, Kate, and Mary Jane; daughters, wives, mothers, friends, and above all human beings, who did not deserve to be murdered regardless of their circumstances.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Death
Minor: Trafficking
annamorgan27's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, Misogyny, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence