Review
Ripper was very much an interesting and intriguing book. Carver was born in the late eighteenth century, the year Jack the Ripper became known as a killer. The man had lost his footing and began his murders, not leaving a trace or a reason why he commited such crimes. Carver grew up an orphan, dropped off on the doorsteps like those of children in fairy tales. The boy loved a good mystery and grew up on mystery novels and legends such as that of Sherlock Holmes, and with that he learned he should bend the law into his own hands to expose the criminal. When the book starts, he is working on his greatest mystery: finding out who his parents are. He picks the lock to the head mistress' office, the office where his documents are stored. Though it was illegal, he decided that since it was his own, it wouldn't be as illegal. Once he successfully intrudes the room, he quickly finds his documents, looking in to find a single letter. A letter that led him to scratch the surface and solve the case of his parents.
My thoughts-
The book was very, very interesting. I don't usually read novels, but this one seemed a bit different. Though it lacked an interesting cover, I decided to give it a chance and am glad I did. There were literally about a hundred chapters in it, but they were very short, and it made the book and flow seem somewhat choppy. Even so, it kept the suspense up, and that I loved. I really should read more mystery novels... I don't know why I don't, they're so suspenseful and almost always work out. Though in this particular book, the ending killed me. Not only do I understand the thoughts of Jack, but I can see why he did what he did, strangely enough. Carver was his dead wife's child, she was pregnant with him until she was brutally murdered, and it was made out to be his fault, and something clicked in him. He thought his baby boy was dead, his unborn child that was going to be born and the love of his life gone forever, and he believed it was his fault. Fatefully, one day he found his son was alive, and wrote the letter to the orphanage, and a few years later he began his murders again, this time leaving clues for the boy to follow. Though they never caught Jack the Ripper, Carver knew the truth and decided he would find his father, even though Jack was completely insane after years of fooling himself.
My thoughts-
The book was very, very interesting. I don't usually read novels, but this one seemed a bit different. Though it lacked an interesting cover, I decided to give it a chance and am glad I did. There were literally about a hundred chapters in it, but they were very short, and it made the book and flow seem somewhat choppy. Even so, it kept the suspense up, and that I loved. I really should read more mystery novels... I don't know why I don't, they're so suspenseful and almost always work out. Though in this particular book, the ending killed me. Not only do I understand the thoughts of Jack, but I can see why he did what he did, strangely enough. Carver was his dead wife's child, she was pregnant with him until she was brutally murdered, and it was made out to be his fault, and something clicked in him. He thought his baby boy was dead, his unborn child that was going to be born and the love of his life gone forever, and he believed it was his fault. Fatefully, one day he found his son was alive, and wrote the letter to the orphanage, and a few years later he began his murders again, this time leaving clues for the boy to follow. Though they never caught Jack the Ripper, Carver knew the truth and decided he would find his father, even though Jack was completely insane after years of fooling himself.