Matching Pairs Idioms "Book reviews"Online version Different idioms to review books and other kinds of writing. Advanced level by Natalia Tolstopyat 1 to pick holes in the plot 2 to do a hatchet job on something 3 a page turner 4 it was heavy going 5 to wade through 6 to be an armchair critic to criticize, but without any personal expertise difficult to read or understand an exciting book that you read quickly to find mistakes in plot, to criticize criticize strongly and cruelly to finish reading something, but with difficulty