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

The Five

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

2020 • 382 pages

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Average rating4.2

15

I appreciated the research done here to tell the stories of these 5 women who have been historically written off as prostitutes or less than deserving of humanity. Rubenhold's introduction and conclusion draw parallels from Victorian values to modern misogyny in law cases, (e.g. Brock Turner), where men are centered as if they're the victim in their own crimes and women are thus further harmed. However, because of all the research, it felt like a number by number accounting of facts about these women's lives rather than a compelling narrative, so it wasn't a particularly gripping read.

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