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Jeff Waltersdorf
Jan 27, 2019 rated it really liked it
Whew. This book has been sitting on my shelf, taunting me for years.

Alan Moore's dense portrayal of the Jack the Ripper murders. Carefully researched, Moore weaves a story of William Withey Gull, surgeon to Queen Victoria, who commits the murders as an elaborate Freemason ritual.

I've read other Alan Moore books (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), and I've seen the Johnny Depp movie loosely based on this book, but I just couldn't get into this one. I took that more as a ...more
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Trevor
Jul 28, 2015 rated it really liked it
I first became aware of this book well AFTER the movie starring Johnnie Depp (of the same name) was released. To find out that this movie I really wanted to see was based on an Alan Moore graphic novel was most revealing and made me want to see the movie all the more.

However, I haven't gotten around to seeing this movie as of yet as I felt it would be better to read the book first and then determine how the movie was interpreted from the book.

I was quite surprised when began to read the book for ...more
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Jason
Oct 02, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 06, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 01, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 18, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 06, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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May 13, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 05, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Sep 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
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Apr 23, 2018 rated it really liked it
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Dec 11, 2021 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 25, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 19, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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Kenneth Hite
May 16, 2023 rated it it was amazing
Chris
Jan 01, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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