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Dona asked this question about The Dictionary of Lost Words:
Why did I waste 8 hours of reading just to be hit with very obscene language? Beautiful cover, great story idea completely wasted. I could be reading many authors who do not rely on this shock factor to sell their books. Please could someone have a rating system to let readers know what to expect? I would be so grateful.
Jasmine I guess you completely missed the point of the book entirely. ‘That’ word has not always been considered an obscenity. Hundreds of years ago it was si…moreI guess you completely missed the point of the book entirely. ‘That’ word has not always been considered an obscenity. Hundreds of years ago it was simply a female body part. This whole book is about women’s language, it’s use, how it’s been misrepresented, or even lost, because it is men who have decided what words are important and what their meanings are. And the word isn’t even used as an obscenity in the book! It’s simply a word, made up of letters.

Honestly if that word featuring in the book a couple of times is enough to say it’s wasted, then I dare say you should wrap your ears in cotton wool or maybe never leave your house. There are a lot more obscene things happening in this world than the use of a simple 4 letter word. (less)
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
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