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A review by angelfireeast24
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
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