A review by sarahkorn
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Incredible slow burn historical fiction. I loved learning more about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary and the printing industry at the time.

I was not prepared for the last 100 pages or so, once they got to WW1, to competely destroy me...definitely not light reading but beautiful nonetheless.