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View synonyms for page-turner

page-turner

[ peyj-tur-ner ]

noun

  1. a book so exciting or gripping that one is compelled to read it very rapidly.


page-turner

noun

  1. an exciting novel, such as a thriller, with a fast-moving story
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of page-turner1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

The Guardian's Anthony Cummins said the book was "truly wonderful – a tender, funny page-turner about the derangements of grief, and Rooney’s richest treatment yet of messy romantic entanglements".

From BBC

Edward Berger adapts Robert Harris’ 2016 page-turner employing the same propulsive editing technique and bombastic score that made his last movie, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a hit with audiences, awards voters and earplug salespeople.

Indeed, even egregious perpetuation of the status quo is rarely a page-turner.

From Slate

Pearse has written another intriguing page-turner.

Chika Unigwe’s touching page-turner “On Black Sisters Street” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s gripping “Americanah” offer different treatments of this subject of movement.

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