Portrait of a Killer vs The complete Jack the Ripper: Which Should You Read?
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Portrait of a Killer
“Monday, August 6, 1888, was a bank holiday in London.”
"Between August and November 1888, at least seven women were murdered in London's Whitechapel area. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End for months, and gave rise to the sobriquet…
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The complete Jack the Ripper
Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow's The Complete Jack the Ripper... It is 1888 in London's Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally…
The verdict
- Readers rate The complete Jack the Ripper highest: The complete Jack the Ripper 3.9 · Portrait of a Killer 3.5.
- Portrait of a Killer has the widest readership — 36446 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Portrait of a Killer | The complete Jack the Ripper | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (36446) | 3.9 (2145) |
| Hardcover | 2.8 (39) | 4.0 (5) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (5) |
Reception
| Portrait of a Killer | The complete Jack the Ripper | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 36446 | 2145 |
| Editions | 37 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 20488 | — |
| Reading it now | 442 | — |
| Written reviews | 1719 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 469 | — |
| Pages | 391 | 305 |