Just one simple word can hold so much and I love that this novel creates that feeling. Instead, Levithan must scour the dictionary and give readers a selection of words that add to the meaning. Looking past that though, The Lover's Dictionary certainly demonstrates the inability to define love with one explanation. It's possible to get the jist of the word through the context from the passage but it would be nice to not feel so confused sometimes with words such as: libidinous, stanchion and vagary - just to name a few. If you could be bothered, read it with a dictionary.
Half of the words don't belong in everyday language and only people with a large bank of vocabulary would be able to know the meanings. However, the selection of words in the novel play as a disadvantage. He can switch the pace and leave a parts unfinished only to revisit it with an unexpected twist later on. By doing this, Levithan also gives a little more edge to the plot. The moments aren't chronological but adds up to create a beautiful and raw love story. Instead, readers are given different snippets of the relationship between the two characters according to the words. Levithan is so focused on setting out the novel as a dictionary that the sequence of events is lost in the story. It changes up the traditional form of novels and makes for an easy and interesting read. True to it's title, Levithan has expressed the emotions and experience of love through single words, much like a dictionary. The structure of the novel was definitely something I liked. The emphasis of the imperfection of love is scattered throughout the story, leading readers on the same path they are destined to walk.
The novel boasts a simple context: boy meets girl who fall in love but hit rough surfaces throughout their relationship. The tale of two lovers in a dictionary styled diary.
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