This book for me was mid. Not bad, not amazing. The main plot, catching Jack the Ripper, was engaging enough and the killer was written with a fair amount of nuance. I found it hard to follow some of the action scenes. The descriptions of stuff in general were sometimes convoluted and overly verbose and ironically not very descriptive. There was some offensive content like the (completely needless) use of the k-word and mentions of blackface. I thought they were carelessly tossed in and added no real value to the narrative. The gore and horror aspect of the novel was well achieved, particularly in regards to body horror. The serial killer as always is a crazed misogynist. Some nuanced commentary would have been nice I suppose but ultimately that is neither the aim nor the purpose of this novel. Overall, a perfectly acceptable read (the genre isn't really my thing).