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 to pick holes in the plot 3 to do a hatchet job on something 4 to wade through 5 a page turner 6 it was heavy going criticize strongly and cruelly 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 to find mistakes in plot, to criticize