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julieannie t1_ix6dx4z wrote

I really loved how she sourced her information too. One of my favorite things is looking through food notes and end notes of books to understand how an author built their research. I loved seeing how she built her case from there and kept digging showed she did more research than most. Certainly far more than the exploitative ripper tours and such. I used to work as a victim advocate and had really hoped this book would be a turning point in victim focused crime histories. The general public hasn’t fully shifted but I’ve definitely noticed an increased pushback and some more focus on victims. These women were all people with lives before their deaths and they didn’t exist just for one man to kill and everyone else since to exploit. I really loved how Rubenhold did her best to give them life again and how it reinforced her thesis.

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