I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
I rated I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter a 3 out of 5 pages. While the novel had thriller elements and brings the reader into the depths of the depraved mind of the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, it sometimes fell short with the actual depth that I was expecting. The novel reimagines Ripper's personal story, entertwining it with an Irish journalist who is set on finding the next big story and uncovering the identity of Ripper, at any cost. Every chapter or two switches between Ripper and the journalist as they bob and weave each other, each one shorty behind or ahead of the other, in a lurid game of cat and mouse. The reader should be warned that there are certain, descriptive scenes of an obscene nature that may be traumatic and/or triggering to some. I appreciate the gore, the details, the effort that was taken to attempt to place the reader into the mind of a monster that, in real life, no one truly knows. The chapters told from Ripper's point of view were impressive,...
