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 to be an armchair critic 5 it was heavy going 6 to wade through criticize strongly and cruelly to find mistakes in plot, to criticize an exciting book that you read quickly to criticize, but without any personal expertise difficult to read or understand to finish reading something, but with difficulty