Pretty_Trainer t1_ix6pxg6 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 3:58 AM

Reply to comment by laconicflow in Completely hooked by the writing style and research into "the Five" by Hallie Rubenhold. "There are two version of the events of 1887. One is very well known, the other is not." The five are the victims of Jack the Ripper and had always been labelled prostitutes, but they were not. by LJRGUserName

One difference is that it caused people ever since to stop there. Jack the ripper killed prostitutes. Cue a million crime dramas with the same storyline.

This book is phenomenal. She restores their stories, their individuality, their dignity, and she indicts victorian society which is what led to these women sleeping rough, being murdered, and then being written off as "just prostitutes". Of course prostitutes don't deserve to be murdered. But this story is so much more interesting than that. I cannot recommend the book enough.

laconicflow t1_ix6y6x2 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 5:18 AM

If you'd like another great book about Jack the Ripper, check out They all Love Jack, by Bruce Robinson, wonderful style.

Pretty_Trainer t1_ix73w8l wrote on November 21, 2022 at 6:24 AM

that's kind of the point though, the five isn't about the murderer.