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The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

28 reviews

writingbugtop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, War, Violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

orlagal's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Death of parent, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Sexual content, War, Body horror, Cursing, Violence, Pregnancy, Slavery, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

danavos's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, and Violence

emilyslater's review

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, War, Violence, Death, Grief, Hate crime, and Sexism

arayo's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, Classism, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Violence

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

elva_'s review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Child abuse

katievallin's review

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

thumbeleia's review

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual content

kmsander4's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

There is something magical hidden within the words of The Dictionary of Lost Words. Perhaps it is simply the deep love and reverence Williams has for words of all types. But if you ask me, I would say it is the heart. This book is full of love and heart.

The love of Esme and her dad. The love and deep respect for words by almost every single character. The relationships. Esme and Da. Esme and Lizzie. Esme and Dr.  Murray. Da and Ditte. Da and Lily.

Esme and Gareth. Lizzie and Gareth.  Gareth and his mom. Esme and Her. Megan and her Mum. Megan and her mother.

Some readers may say that parts of this book drag. They may say it becomes overly verbose. But, to me, that's what makes it perfect. It is a book filled to the brim with words. Some of which are no longer used and others that still make us blush. Words that are used to tell the fictionalized story of the Oxford English Dictionary AND the story of the girl who grew up in the Scriptorium.

There is love, loss, war, grief, fight, determination, loyalty, fear, everything on these pages. There is life. I will scream about this book from rooftops. I will read it again and again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy