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