The Five

andrea_chunn shared a tip "I enjoyed this book because it gave these women their identity back. It also gave some intresting perspective on that time in history and how much of it still applies to today's world. One birth, one death and your financial security in this world does change no matter how far from "the harder times" we move."

medinaa shared a tip "It was more of a biography than a true crime book. It was solely about the women and their lives. It was not what I thought it would be."

laura_littlefield shared a tip "Essential for anyone interested in the Jack the Ripper case or anyone interested in how women get misrepresented by the media/history."

ameliaexlibris shared a tip "A detailed look at the lives of the victims who are too often overlooked. An important glimpse of women's lives and injustices that are sadly perpetuated today by sensationalism"

ann_whisenhunt shared a tip "This was so good. Very informative & it will blow your mind on everything you thought you knew abt Jack's victims. If you are interested in Jack the Ripper info, this is a must read."

teri_moore_5945 shared a tip "If you like true crime mysteries, this is a very well researched one. I’ve heard about Jack the Ripper for decades and bought into the story that all five victims were prostitutes or women who had fallen on hard times and were left no other options, this was not the case."

killerteaparty shared a tip "It humanized the ripper’s victims and gives them back a sense of identity. I would classify it more of a history and biography instead of true crime- but it was quite interesting to walk through the life of these woman in that time period. What a harsh world it was at that time, especially for women."

kathleen_kimlin shared a tip "Historian Hallie Rubenhold writes about the five women slain by Jack the Ripper with respect and without gore. The killer is rarely mentioned. She challenges the notion that the victims were faceless prostitutes but instead were wives and mothers - one had even been well off - but all fell on hard times. The author stresses there were multiple definitions for the term prostitute in Victorian England and many did not involve the act of sex."