Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

16 reviews

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

---

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

---

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

sari_lyr's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Infertility and Abortion

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Truly beautiful and informative. Knocking off .25 stars because there were some threads of the narrative that felt a bit tacked on, from which I would have appreciated greater continuity. For example, I kept forgetting about

the protagonist's daughter because we would only be reminded of her every few chapters.

By contrast, in The Book Eaters, a book that felt very similar to this one thematically, you never forgot

that the protagonist had a daughter who was taken away from her.

It was a big, emotional plot point.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Slavery, Abortion, and Colonisation

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

---

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

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Infertility, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this so much. This book follows the life of Esme Nicoll, and her connection yo words, people and especially women and their experiences. This book is incredibly detailed, canning and engrossing. I loved every minute of it. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in words and their direct and hidden meanings, and would like to feel what it's like to live in victorian times as an ordinary woman. Amazing book.

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Mental illness, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

lindsayvale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Infertility

mleckie's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

hannahrl's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.75

I liked this a lot but felt it had. A slow start that was harder to get into. Once the main character really become her own person I was way more interested. I really enjoyed how the book looked at time and Oxford and the dictionary almost as if they were characters themselves. Sometimes it felt like there were too many things happening at once, but not always in a bad way. It did make me cry more than once and before I even realized I cared about the story as much as I did. I also appreciated the various relationships and how the played off of each other. I had some mixed feelings about the end and don’t think I would’ve chosen those endings for those characters if I were the one writing, but I can see how they made some sense, too.  Overall I thought it was a really good book that I’d  recommend to someone whose interested in something a little slower paced.  The concept is a really cool idea and I appreciated the author’s note on how she got to it. 

Really appreciated the book club discussion around this book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and Abortion