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The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

14 reviews

aesarctic's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident

anjh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

wow. although i’d describe this book as historical-fiction which isn’t a genre i find myself interested in very often i really enjoyed this and felt it was very lighthearted and story like to read, as if i were being read a book at bedtime as a child. 

i listened to the audiobook on borrowbox for this while reading which, i’ll be honest, made the experience so much better especially with the different voices for the characters and the beautiful piano music played in the section between each part. 

it’s difficult to describe how beautiful this concept is for a novel, and i would strongly encourage anyone interested in literature and words to read it. i absolutely love how the story focuses on the women whose voices were ignored and dismissed during the creation and publishing of the Oxford English dictionary.

i also love that the hardships for women and gender expectations of the book’s era are well represented, including an absence of women’s rights, the suffragette movement in England and the expectation for women to get married and have children. 

i took off one star just because i found it a bit confusing to keep up with all the characters in the book lol but i genuinely really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Infertility, Police brutality, Car accident, and Abortion

rinku's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Infertility, and Car accident

abigaelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

hematthews's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Car accident

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The premise of the book is what initially drew my attention and captured my interest. As someone who was once a curious, inquisitive girl with a love of books and a large vocabulary, I fell in love with Esme and her work. (I’m now an adult with the same love of books and a hunger for information.) That being said, the book loses steam about halfway through, which is why it took me a while to finish it. Nothing was happening, narratively or emotionally, with the characters, so I lost interest. The final third of the novel truly drags, and the author seems to have lost steam because

she pretty much kills everyone off and makes a sixty year time jump with little context

. It’s not a bad book, but it’s not a strongly written one either. I would suggest that you only read as far as page 247 (the chapter titled December 1912). It drops off after that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Car accident

tiannamaher's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This book is such a great representation of how words mean different things to everyone. I found it moved a little slow at parts but the plot overall is so good. Towards the end I felt all the emotions and the ending is beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Car accident

katievallin's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

sargasso_c's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail