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Oh, so you want to know what Jack the Ripper thought about these women?
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT JACK THE RIPPER THOUGHT ABOUT THESE WOMEN!
This book doesn't CARE who J. the R. was. All this book cares about is the full lives of five women, lasting until their final nights.
Author Hallie Rubenhold did exhaustive research on these women and their families, and she documents as fully as possible the facets of their personalities and struggles. It's disquieting to realize that for most of these women—4 ...more
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT JACK THE RIPPER THOUGHT ABOUT THESE WOMEN!
This book doesn't CARE who J. the R. was. All this book cares about is the full lives of five women, lasting until their final nights.
Author Hallie Rubenhold did exhaustive research on these women and their families, and she documents as fully as possible the facets of their personalities and struggles. It's disquieting to realize that for most of these women—4 ...more
While I didn't love this book, it was a very interesting topic and really showed me that in 200 years, society hasn't changed very much in a lot of respects. The author really must have done a ton of research on this which is no mean feat given the time of these incidents.
The conclusion really hit home with me but I won't say more than that. ...more
The conclusion really hit home with me but I won't say more than that. ...more
The book dragged on and on for me. The information I got out it was good, but it could have been done in 100 pages.
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