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The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

120 reviews

tbwhite23's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

emmak788's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Interesting concept but seems to take on a little too much. Starts out very slowly and then packs a lot of tragedy into the second half. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Cursing, Death, and Pregnancy

sargasso_c's review

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

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

Minor: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

bookswithsara8's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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

Minor: Classism and Abortion

storydragon's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This really is a thought-provoking book, and I did quite enjoy most of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage

In the end of the book is quite some loss. I was not really prepared for that. It made me enjoy the last part of the book less.

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

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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 against another edition

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

leannanecdote's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Cursing, War, Racial slurs, Blood, Violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

chattie_the_mad_chatter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative 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? N/A

4.25

A delightful exploration of the joy of words, their power, their importance and what it reveals about society with words that are left out.
A coming of age story, full of love in an unusual found family amid the Rise of feminisim as the new dictionary; the Oxford dictionary is written and published. 
Our protagonist was very easy to relate to and the Book is full of characters that you grow found of, love and wish to avoid! The historical detail and weaving of fact with fiction is exquisite, you immerse yourself in this world. Despite huge historical significant events like the Suffragette movement and World War 1, it is the words and love of words that remain, in focus and at the heart of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, War, Sexism, Death, and Pregnancy

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.

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Content Warnings

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

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

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