Amanda
A young girl comes of age in the shadow of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Some words I'd use to describe The Dictionary of Lost Words: bland, facile, stultifying, verbose.
There is just enough plot in this book to make a neat little novella, but Williams padded it to the point that it felt longer than the OED itself. It also didn't help that the main character is such a little milquetoast that she barely counts as a supporting character in her own story.
All in all, I feel like my time would have been more productively—and pleasurably—spent just browsing through the OED.
Received via NetGalley.
A young girl comes of age in the shadow of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Some words I'd use to describe The Dictionary of Lost Words: bland, facile, stultifying, verbose.
There is just enough plot in this book to make a neat little novella, but Williams padded it to the point that it felt longer than the OED itself. It also didn't help that the main character is such a little milquetoast that she barely counts as a supporting character in her own story.
All in all, I feel like my time would have been more productively—and pleasurably—spent just browsing through the OED.
Received via NetGalley.