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page-turner
[ peyj-tur-ner ]
noun
- a book so exciting or gripping that one is compelled to read it very rapidly.
page-turner
noun
- an exciting novel, such as a thriller, with a fast-moving story
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of page-turner1
Example Sentences
The creeping horror at the center of Ishiguro鈥檚 science fiction is surrounded by the tensions of growing up in this literary page-turner.
However, both he and Fiennes are thrown by the reaction some audiences have had to the movie, celebrating 鈥淐onclave鈥 as an addictive, eminently meme-able page-turner.
The Guardian's Anthony Cummins said the book was "truly wonderful 鈥 a tender, funny page-turner about the derangements of grief, and Rooney鈥檚 richest treatment yet of messy romantic entanglements".
Edward Berger adapts Robert Harris鈥 2016 page-turner employing the same propulsive editing technique and bombastic score that made his last movie, 鈥淎ll Quiet on the Western Front,鈥 a hit with audiences, awards voters and earplug salespeople.
Indeed, even egregious perpetuation of the status quo is rarely a page-turner.
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