Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

68 reviews

purplepenning'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Forced institutionalization

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

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

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

theinkwyrm's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, War, and Pregnancy

Minor: Classism, Grief, and Death

gondorgirl's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, War, Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

btothebooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This is such a sweet and charming book; it definitely gets a little sad but there’s wonderful places to contemplate the use of the English language and the strength of our words. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, War, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

prettylightsandcitynights's review against another edition

Was reading for a book club which fell apart. Not my kind of book so I stopped reading. Was well-written, I just didn't get sucked in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexism

Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

The book is set around the turn of the 20th century so there is obviously sexism and misogyny.

Spoiler

There is an unplanned pregnancy of a single woman. She gives the baby up for adoption and suffers post-partum depression.

acebooknerd_07's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

maggies's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-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

This is a tough one, as I struggled with it a lot more than expected. It was hard to like most of the characters, I think because they largely didn’t really change or grow over the course of the book. Esme especially. And she was just so passive, even when she was being active. Things always just happened to her all the time…it was frustrating. Then the story would take these huge emotional turns and offer no solace. A weird read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent