“Okay! I’m writin’ myself a review for a ridiculously awesome book! What’s a synonym for ‘awesome’? (flipping through thesaurus) Let’s see… ‘Tremendous,’ which leads to (flip flip) ‘Superb’? No… (flip flip) ‘Magnificent’ seems promising… (flip) ‘Splendorous’. Hey, that sounds about right.”
In the spirit of fun, I then looked up many other (supposedly) professional book reviews and copied down a few entertaining words. The resulting list, divided into these convenient columns, I now present here for your edification and entertainment.
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Adjective | Noun | Verb | Thing | Whatever |
shocking elegant strange unsettling generous clichéd lyrical melodramatic overheated dense complex piercing tender distinctive memorable flowing musical brilliant splendorous wondrous magical | story intelligence humor language novel characters prose speech heroes closing pages setting dialogue antagonist resolution confrontation theme climax chronicle style chapters prologue | spins establishes manages encapsulates yields up conveys patterns chronicles depicts picks up makes harkens back to decries flaunts portrays recreates balances conjures flashes confuses creates | degeneration myth hopelessness inevitability milestone affirmation hope energy drive intensity impressions paradigm archetype resurgence decline epitome horror fantasy hypothesis regret insight | American West black experience Digital age feminine perspective patriarchal society current economy war in Iraq obesity epidemic New Age demographic Industrial Revolution institution of marriage bi-partisan system housing crisis generation divide trade situation modern rap scene Holocaust urban youth newspaper industry Medieval Europe civil unrest |
The (Adjective) (Noun) (Verb)(s) the (Thing) of (the) (Whatever).
The (Noun), while often (Adjective), is never (Adjective).
The (Whatever)is neither (Adjective) nor (Adjective) as the (Noun) (Verb)(s) the (Thing) of literary theory.
The author’s (Noun) of (the) (Whatever) (Verb)(s) the (Adjective) (Thing) of today.
The (Thing) of (the) (Whatever) makes the (Noun) all the more (Adjective).
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