3.5⭐️

Unfortunately a bit dull, especially for a writer like Robert Bloch. A shame as the story had a lot of potential, just didn't hold my interest.

I seem to have a thing for stories about mass murderers fictional and not. Very nice horror story based on Jack the Ripper. It's one of the first ones that got me started on reading more of his works.

Stephen King recommended author.In 1981's Danse Macabre, King dedicated his book as follows: "It's easy enough - perhaps too easy - to memorialize the dead. This book is for the six great writers of the macabre who are still alive." The six listed were Robert Bloch, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Frank Belknap Long, Donald Wandrei, Manly Wade Wellman.12/14/11. This was a good crime novel and fun take on the Jack the Ripper mystery with cameo appearances from notable real-life folk like John Me...

I wonder if there's a sillier novel out there about Jack the Ripper. This one includes Oscar Wilde AND the Elephant Man, so I doubt it. I appreciated the epigrams illustrating torture and barbarity across all cultures and throughout all history; I appreciated the author's point that Jack the Ripper is not an isolated freak incident, but rather one case of many in the epidemic of human savagery. But the chapters are so short, the result is a distracting amount of epigrams, so these and the chapte...

Average run of the mill Jack the Ripper novel. The historical facts were well presented, but the fictional characters were some what predictable. Nevertheless, it was a fun quick read.

I love this book. It is one of my top reads and recommendations to anyone that is a Jack-the-Ripper affictionado. What just kills me are the little blurbs at the beginning of the chapter. Even as a total work of fiction, this is a fun book.

This is an absolutely bonkers novel, in-- almost entirely-- the best ways. Robert Bloch wrote so much other than the novel "Psycho," and had immense talent, which is on full display here. Much of what is explored and haunts his "Psycho" is present here; what depravity and violence lies under the seemingly civilized and common face of the world, particualrly when it comes to serial murder. "Night of the Ripper" is at once a meticulsouly researched exploration of the unsolved murders attributed to...

Like the graphic novel I read not too long ago (From Hell), this is a work of fiction by Psycho author Robert Bloch that theorizes on the identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.This definitely wasn't as dry as From Hell but, at the same time, I neither hated this novel nor loved it. I like the fact that Bloch is definitely old-school horror because it just has that feel, that style. I dig it. On the other hand, who he believes Jack the Ripper was? It just sort of left me feeling all waaa-waaa-...

Bloch was obsessed with Jack the Ripper. His short story, "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" is considered one of his best short stories and you trekkies might remember his screenplay for Star Trek in which he makes an interstellar traveling alien out of the Ripper. This novel titled Night of the Ripper gives Bloch a chance to expand his ideas about Jack in a more down to earth aspect. He adds a number of historical figures in the mix like John Merrick aka The Elephant Man as he create his own theor...

Absolutely fantastic! Bloch has come up with a theory on the Jack The Ripper case that is not only entirely plausible but completely possible. Bloch has really done his homework, the historical accuracy is spot on and the Victorian atmosphere sets the scene for what could be the best book Bloch has ever written.

I discovered this book entirely by chance in 2012, and I'm so grateful for that. The Night of the Ripper is very underrated, but for me it is a fabulous read.Bloch creates a likeable enough main character, Mark, who meets Abberline during his investigations of Jack the Ripper and becomes deeply involved in the hunt for the killer. The story is quite short and the pace is always good. I liked how Bloch featured all the main suspects in the Ripper killings, and I also appreciated his inclusion of

Great piece of historical fiction that will keep a hold of you. It will leave you wanting to know more about the Ripper cases.

Può sembrare, guardando la copertina e leggendo la trama, che questo sia un saggio, più che un romanzo, cosa che ho pensato anche io. Invece no, è un romanzo, studiato nei minimi dettagli.Seguiamo infatti Eva, infermiera presso il London Hospital e Mark, dottore presso lo stesso ospedale, che si invaghisce di Eva non appena la vede. Tranquilli, il romanticismo e la storia d'amore praticamente non esistono.Perchè siamo nel 1888, a Whitechapel, nel momento in cui iniziano i delitti dello Squartat

Robert Bloch's 'Night of the Ripper' is a procedural murder-mystery thriller that brings the reader face-to-face with the dismal streets of Whitechapel, London, 1888 a.k.a. the hunting grounds of Jack the Ripper.'Night of the Ripper' tells the story of Chief Inspector Abberline and his investigation into the Whitechapel murders. In the course of his investigation, Abberline forms an alliance with Dr. Mark Robinson, an American physician with a budding interest in "disorders of the mind," or psyc...

Jack lo Squartatore, il primo vero assassino seriale che agì fra l'estate e l'autunno del 1888 nei degradati quartieri londinesi di Whitechapel, e che, tutt'oggi, continua ad affascinare morbosamentel'opinione pubblica.A Jack lo squartatore sono state attribuite ufficialmente cinque vittime, mentre il numero di omicidi ricondotti dagli studiosi alla sua attività criminale varia tra cinque e quindici.Ma qual è l'identità di questo serial killer?Nell'arco degli anni sono stati fatti studi e inchie...

Фиксацията на Блох към Джак Изкормвача обхваща голяма част от активния му творчески период. Темата го е вълнувала с години и е направил доста проучвания по въпроса.Още през 1943 във „Weird Tales” излиза разказът „Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”, който е превеждан и на български. Там Блох развива теорията, че Елегантния Джак е сатанист и кървавите му убийства са приношения, които му носят безсмъртие и той продължава делото си в Америка.През 1954 пише пъпл криминалето „The Will to Kill” в което един...

Great book, love the revelation of the Ripper.

Jack lo Squartatore, il serial killer più famoso della cronaca nera, è un terribile criminale che continua, ancora oggi, ad affascinare morbosamente l'opinione pubblica. Nell'arco degli anni sono stati fatti studi e inchieste di ogni tipo ma la sua vera identità rimane tuttora un enigma. Robert Bloch, basandosi su fatti reali, racconta in questo romanzo tutti i dettagli della vicenda: gli atroci delitti, le indagini di Scotland Yard e un sorprendente finale che risolve in modo fantasioso tutti i...

Robert Bloch was the first horror author I read as a young teen and he still captivates and entertains me. Scares the bejesus out of me at times as well.Great novel based on factual events.Well worth reading.