The Dictionary of Lost Words

What a beautiful book! I found the first part a little slow to get through and considered giving up. At times I was quite frustrated at Esme stealing words. But I loved seeing her character development. I absolutely adored the characters and fell in love with them. The last 20% of the book was so sad and had me crying. I did appreciate how quickly the book moved past the death of the characters and didn't linger on the details, it would have been too much to bare.