Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

57 reviews

emilymai's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Trafficking, and Sexism

cbrooks288's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse

kutasama's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This was a story I thought I knew, but I didn't and I am glad that Hallie Rubenhold has explored the Ripper from the women's point of view. For they are seen as victims who were less worthy of pity. That is not true and this book explains why and also takes you into the lives of Victorian women from different classes who for reasons, many beyond their control find themselves in place of vulnerability that out them in the path of their killer. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

olivianw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A fantastic book!
Completely gripping, without sensationalising the story. Hallie Rubenhold treats each woman with respect and care. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Misogyny

scripturient's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infidelity

sarah984's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

2.0

I think this is absolutely a valuable topic for scholarship, and I commend the fact that this book is written in a way that minimizes the women's murderer in favour of describing their lives instead, but I didn't like the book itself very much. The writing comes across as very silly and melodramatic in places, and in defending the majority of the women against the posthumous charge of prostitution the author sort of winds up doing what she condemns in the final chapter: diminishing sex workers as a subclass of women who are more deserving of ill-treatment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death