A review by normalreaders
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

1.0

I really wanted to love this one but unfortunately found it dull and repetitive.

I think it’s an important book in that it focuses on the victims rather than the murderer, as they are often ignored or under-explored BUT I just found it tedious and slow.

Also, given that little is known about these women, I found that there was an overuse of supposition. I kept noticing repetition of “it is likely that” or phrases such as “it was purportedly xyz”.

Overall, this definitely was not for me and a DNF 75% of the way through.