This isn't a jolly read. Rubenhold does a great job of piecing together the itinerant and chaotic lives of the 5 victims of Jack the Ripper. It's well researched but also weaves a convincing narrative for each woman from what must have been fairly sketchy evidence. But it's all a bit bleak, unsurprisingly. It doesn't dwell at all on any of the murders or the details, in fact it doesn't discuss them at all, drawing a veil over each one. But there are 5 sad tales of vulnerable, destitute women here, who no one really cared about.